Ankney v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 15 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As the Court of Civil Appeals correctly held, the instruction woitld have- been error under the facts of this case. Use of the instruction ‘should be restricted to those circumstances where the evidence indicates the occurrence was caused by unforeseen circumstances or conditions and not by the negligence of either party.’ (citation omitted) ... Use of the instruction in this matter was not indicated. The roads were visibly icy during a sleet storm. In addition, USAA’s investigation and evaluation of the claim had always indicated negligence on the part of one or both parties.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Athey v. Bingham · Newport v. USAA

2. “showing [of] some factor over which the parties had no control, or could not, except by the exercise of exceptional foresight, have predicted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Palmer v. Krueger