Bowman v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kanagawa v. State by and Through Freeman · Sermchief v. Gonzales · Oberkramer v. City of Ellisville · Mattan v. Hoover Company · Brown Group, Inc. v. Administrative Hearing Commission
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In our application of this statute, ‘every word, clause, sentence and section must be given some meaning.’ Brown Group, Inc. v. Administrative Hearing Commission, 649 S.W.2d 874, 881 (Mo.1983) (en banc). Applying this principle, we must conclude that the legislature, by using the term ‘motorized vehicles,’ intended to include a broader class of vehicles than that covered by the term ‘motor vehicles.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“‘[Ojperation of a motor vehicle includes nearly any activity that deals specifically with the motor vehicle, i.e., the actual physical structure and attendant parts of the vehicle_’ [Ojperating a motor vehicle encompasses ‘all acts necessary to be performed in the movement of a motor vehicle from one place to another or fairly incidental to the ordinary course of its operation....’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he immunity of the public entity from liability and suit for compensatory damages for negligent acts or omissions is hereby expressly waived in the following instances: (1) Injuries directly resulting from the negligent acts or omissions by public employees arising out of the operation of motor vehicles or motorized vehicles within the course of their employment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.