Lutz v. Boltz’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 5 district · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently December 2020 · most notably Adler's Quality Bakery, Inc. v. Gaseteria, Inc. (1960), Carolina Casualty Insurance Company v. Insurance Company of North America T II Refrigerated Transport Co Inc (1979)
4 federal appellate · 5 district · 27 state decisions
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 Baltimore Transit Co. v. State Rx Rel. Schriefer · Fisher v. Diehl · Distefano v. Lamborn · Patterson v. Tomlinson · 22 N.J. Super. 588 - Guerriero v. U-Drive-It Co. of NJ
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is clear from the very language of the statute itself that it has no application unless there is a ‘common liability’ to the injured person. This liability may be joint or several, but there is no right to contribution unless the injured person has a possible remedy against two or more persons. -X- * * * -X- -X- “In short, it is joint or several liability, rather than joint or concurring negligence, which determines the right of contribution.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“No person transported by the owner or operator of a motor vehicle ... as his guest without payment for such transportation shah have a cause of action for damages against such owner or operator for injury, death or loss, in case of accident, unless such accident was intentional on the part of such owner or operator, or was caused by his willful or wanton disregard of the rights of others. 20”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““ ‘It permits contribution among all tortfeasors whom the injured person could hold liable jointly and severally for the same damage or injury to his person or property.’ ” 7”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.