Richards v. Leavitt’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
October 1998
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bowen v. Riverton City · Standiford v. Salt Lake City Corp. · Blackburn v. State · Stephen v. City and County of Denver · Madsen v. Borthick
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Immunity from suit of all governmental entities is waived for any injury caused by a defective, unsafe, or dangerous condition of any highway, road, street, alley, crosswalk, sidewalk, culvert, tunnel, bridge, viaduct or other structure located thereon.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[T]he rule is that once having elected to erect devices to guide, direct or illuminate traffic where no duty exists to do so, a municipality then has a duty to maintain those devices in a condition conducive to the safe flow of traffic and will be liable for its negligence in failing to do so.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The duty of a municipal corporation with respect to the maintenance and repair of traffic signs in this state is set out in 18 E. McQuillin, The Law of Municipal Corporation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.