Rutherford v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently July 2018 · most notably Bump v. Firemens Ins. Co. of Newark, NJ (1986), City of Amarillo v. Martin (1998)
36 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 12 Cal. 3d 382 - Rodriguez v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. · Farner v. Paccar, Inc. · Whittlesey v. Miller · Holiday Inns of America, Inc. v. Peck · Stordahl v. Government Employees Insurance Co.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The foregoing provisions do not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty of driving with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor do such provisions protect the driver from the consequences of his reckless disregard for safety of others.” Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 951/2, par. 11— 205(e). “This Section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway.” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 95%, par. 11-907(b).)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(d) Statements Which Are Not Hearsay. A statement is not hearsay if (1) Prior Statement by Witness. The de-clarant testifies at the trial or hearing and the statement is [[Image here]] (B) consistent with his testimony and is offered to rebut an express or implied charge against him of recent fabrication or improper influence or motive....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Van Meter v. State““It is my opinion that the responsibility for the accident lies with both drivers. . . . ... I do feel that [Trooper Port] used poor judgment in entering a blind intersection at 30 MPH, against the red light and on icy streets. I recommend a letter of reprimand be placed in Trooper Port’s personnel file.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.