Dunn v. Menard, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
880 F.3d 899 · 2018
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · 136 Ill. 2d 132 - Ward v. K Mart Corp. · Russell v. Acme-Evans Co. · 141 Ill. 2d 430 - Deibert v. Bauer Bros. Const. Co., Inc. · 54 Ill. 2d 539 - Mieher v. Brown
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he open and obvious nature of the condition itself gives caution and therefore the risk of harm is considered slight; people are expected to appreciate and avoid obvious risks.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]here the condition is open and obvious, the foreseeability of harm and the likelihood of injury will be slight, thus weighing against the imposition of a duty.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whether a duty exists is a question of law to be determined by the court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.