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← 85 MICH 387 - Denman v. Johnston

Denman v. Johnston’s Empirical Analysis

1891

Citation profile

39
cited by 39 later decisions
5
states following
February 2011
most recently cited

38 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently February 2011 · most notably Gibbard v. Cursan (1923), Knickerbocker v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co. (1911)

38 state decisions

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Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

Relationships

Relies on Carter v. Chambers · Battishill v. Humphreys · Robinson v. Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad · Batterson v. Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co. · Bouwmeester v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad

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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. ““ The term f gross negligence ’ has been used in cases decided by this Court, and has a definite meaning, when referred to, as authorizing a recovery for a negligent injury notwithstanding the contributory negligence of the plaintiff. It means an intentional failure to perform a manifest duty, in reckless disregard of the consequences as affecting the life or property of another. It also implies a thoughtless disregard of consequences, without the exertion of any effort to avoid them.””
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. Frost v. Milwaukee & Northern Railroad · Vought v. Michigan United Traction Co.
  2. ““If the attorney should present himself as a witness, it might be the subject of inquiry as affecting his credibility on the ground of interest.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. McCloy v. Vaughan

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.