Forsyth v. Joseph’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
August 1973
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. Meadows · Taylor v. McBee · Hughes v. Walker · Lujan v. Reed · State v. Clarkson
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.
““Our Guest Statute has been interpreted on many occasions and applied to many different factual situations. On the basis of the facts, it is difficult to reconcile the results in all cases. However, the words ‘heedlessness or a reckless disregard of the rights of others,’ have a rather well-defined meaning under our Guest Statute. This meaning contemplates something other than and different from negligence, and contemplates culpability arising from conduct which is motivated by a particular state of mind. This particular state of mind is one of utter irresponsibility or conscious abandonment of any consideration for the safety of guest passengers.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dee v. Buford
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.