Rowan v. Becker’s Empirical Analysis
1950
Citation profile
40 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently July 2002 · most notably Moore v. Kluthe & Lane Ins. Agency, Inc. (1975), Schmeling v. Jorgensen (1957)
40 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 Husky Refining Co. v. Barnes · Kundert v. B. F. Goodrich Co. · McKiver v. Theo. Hamm Brewing Co. · Robertson v. Hennrich · Jamieson v. Gerth
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Respondent was guilty of negligence, as a matter of law, in failing to stop before entering upon said arterial highway, and in failing to keep a proper outlook for oncoming cars." (Cases cited) "It may be inferred from this record that Dale Menser was also guilty of negligence in driving appellant's car at an excessive rate of speed and failing to have such car under proper control." (Cases cited) "We are satisfied, under this record, that the respondent was guilty of negligence as a matter of law; and that such negligence was at least one of the proximate contributing causes of the accident in question, and under the rule of law hereinbefore stated respondent is liable to appellant for the damages the latter sustained. The court erred in denying the motion for a directed verdict upon all the issues except the amount of appellant's damages."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rumbolz v. Wipf““This case does not involve liquidated damages. The proof of damages rests largely upon opinion evidence. Such evidence was to some degree weakened by cross-examination. The jurors were the sole judges of the credibility of the witnesses. They were not bound to accept the testimony of appellant’s witnesses as absolutely true.” 73 S.D. at 280 , 41 N.W.2d at 839 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]here the independent tortious acts of two [or more] persons combine to produce an injury indivisible in its nature, either tortfeasor may be held for the entire damagenot because he is responsible for the act of the other, but because his own act is regarded in law as a cause of the injury.”
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.