Arrington v. Horner’s Empirical Analysis
1913
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
April 1932
most recently cited
2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In the ordinary walks of life, injury an'd damage often occur to persons and property, that cannot be traced to the fault and neglect of anyone, and so constitute only a mere accident for which no one is responsible, and for which no one can be held, liable, and the person .or persons suffering loss or damage by mere accident are without remedy and must bear the loss.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wilson v. Roach
How this case has been treated — in progress
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