Copp v. Redmond’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The task of this court is to settle what standard applies to such cases between the July 1, 1987 effective date of the repeal of the “culpable neglect” language and the most recent amendment which went into place on February 18, 1993. * * * The effect of our decision in Mills , was simply this: For the purpose of suits, such as the instant case, the language, “or his employees acting within the scope of their employment unless the employees are culpably negligent,” which appeared in § 27-12-103(a) is revived and governs all such cases for that time period.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. Throckmartin

2. “[F]or claims accruing between July 1, 1987, and February 18, 1993, culpable negligence is the degree of negligence that an injured employee must prove against a co-employee in an action to recover damages for personal injury suffered in a work-related accident.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Makinen v. PM P.C.

3. “Generally, when an amendment to an original act is declared unconstitutional, the unconstitutional amendment has no effect, and the law as it existed before the amendment is controlling.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allhusen v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Mental Health Professions Licensing Board