Miles v. Christensen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Valinet calls for a more sophisticated analysis of the duty question, requiring a consideration of factors such as traffic patterns and land use in the relevant area. Moreover, Valinet did not purport to set forth every factor that is pertinent to a determination of the landowner's duty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. May v. George

2. “A possessor of land in an urban area is subject to liability to persons using a public highway for physical harm resulting from his failure to exercise reasonable care to prevent an unreasonable risk of harm arising from the condition of trees on the land near the highway.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Cline v. DUNLORA SOUTH, LLC

3. “determination of a landowner's duty dses not hinge solely upon the 'urban'/rural? distinction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. May v. George