Ferran v. Jacquez’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently July 2017 · most notably Marchman v. NCNB Texas National Bank (1995), Sproles v. McDonald (1962)
32 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 Frei v. Brownlee · Turrietta v. Wyche · Silva v. Waldie · Hepp v. Quickel Auto & Supply Co. · Benton v. Sloss
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is clear that the duty of maintaining the brakes in proper condition is placed upon the owner. It is also clear that if the brakes do not meet the standard set forth by the statute and such failure is not excused, the owner is guilty of negligence in permitting the automobile on the highway in such condition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harris v. Duane
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.