Barrans v. Hogan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 state decisions

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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘This court has taken the position that the proprietor of a place of business to which any and all members of the public are invited is not a guarantor of the safety of those who enter such place of business. It is the established holding in this court that, in order to render the proprietor of a place of business liable in damages to-another for injuries sustained in that place of business, he must be guilty of negligence; and that such negligence must consist of the maintenance of a dangerous condition in or about the-place of business and of knowledge on the part of the proprietor of the existence of the dangerous condition, or there must be evidence giving rise to-inferences which charge the proprietor with knowledge.’ * * * * $ * “ * * * we have said that what constitutes due care of an inviter is. always to be determined by the circumstances and conditions surrounding the transaction under consideration. De Baca v. Kahn, supra. * * ””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gonzales v. Shoprite Foods, Inc. · Mahoney v. JC Penney Company

2. ““ * * * To say that the defendant did have knowledge that particles of food might fall to the floor at any time, is not sufficient to charge him with negligence as the cause of plaintiff’s misfortune.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mahoney v. JC Penney Company