Jacobs v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis
1936
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on The Steamboat New World v. King · Astin v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. · Belik v. Warsocki · Smith v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co. · Coral Ridge Clay Products Co. v. Collins
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Clearly in this case, it is for the jury to determine whether the defendant should have foreseen such consequence, and the term ‘gross’ when attached thereto has reference to the mental attitude of the defendant with reference to the consequences which he should have foreseen. It implies such gross recklessness as shows an utter indifference to consequences which must have been in the mind of the actor.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Steel v. Downs
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.