Peters v. LeDoux’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
November 1987
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Birch v. Abercrombie · Lopez Ex Rel. Lopez v. Barreras · Burkhart v. Corn · Boes v. Howell · 68 Wash. 2d 954 - Coffman v. McFadden
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If you find the motor vehicle operated by_was furnished by its owner for general family use and convenience, then the owner is liable for the negligent operation of the vehicle by a member of the family. To hold the defendant liable, you must find that the driver [had authority to drive the motor vehicle] [and] [was using the motor vehicle for the pleasure or convenience of the family, or a member of it].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Madrid v. Shryock
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.