Ferguson v. Hale’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
1
states following
June 1971
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Merrill v. Stringer · Ferris v. Thomas Drilling Company · Goldenberg v. Village of Capitan · Cavazos v. Geronimo Bus Lines, Inc.
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This evidence even with its reasonable inferences is insufficient to show actionable negligence on the part of the defendant. A verdict for the plaintiff could of necessity be based only on speculation and conjecture. Plaintiff has not made a case which would support a judgment in his favor. “We therefore hold that the evidence introduced by the plaintiff is such that reasonable minds could not differ and that the directed verdict for the defendant was. properly granted.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bolt v. Davis
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