Chipman v. . Palmer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 1 district · 54 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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The defendant’s act, being- several when it was committed, cannot be made joint because of the consequences which follow in connection with others who had done the same or a similar act. It is true, it is difficult to separate the injury, but that furnishes no reason why one tort feasor should be liable for the acts of others who have no association, and did not act in concert, with him. If the law was otherwise, the one who did the least might be made liable tor the damages of others, far exceeding the amount for which he was reasonably chargeable, without means to enforce contribution or adjust the amount among different parties. So, also, proof of an act committed by one person would entitle the plaintiff to recover for all the damages sustained by the acts of others who severally and independently may have contributed to the injury. Such a rule cannot be upheld upon any sound principle of law.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carmichael v. City of Texarkana