Rowling v. Sims’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) anything that would make it impossible to comply with the statute or ordinance; (2) anything over which the driver has no control which places the driver’s motor vehicle in a position contrary to the provisions of the statute or ordinance; (3) where the driver of the motor vehicle is confronted by an emergency not of the driver’s own making, and by reason of such an emergency, the driver fails to obey the statute; and (4) where a statute specifically provides an excuse or exception.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dennis H. Hagenow and Rosalee A. Hagenow v. Betty L. Schmidt · Kathryn Winger and Timothy Potts v. Cm Holdings, L.L.C.