Catalano v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently September 1993
12 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 Duke City Lumber Company, Inc. v. Terrel · Lucero Ex Rel. Lucero v. Torres · Terrel v. Duke City Lumber Company, Inc. · Hartford Fire Insurance Company v. Horne · Smith v. Klebanoff
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“At the place of the intersection collision, Coors Road, a four-lane highway, ran north and south. St. Joseph’s Drive, a two-lane road, ran east, from the west end of Coors Road, to the University of Albuquerque. The posted speed limit on Coors Road was 50 m. p. h. The intersection was controlled by a traffic signal with an intermittent flashing amber light for north and southbound traffic. No turning lanes were provided for southbound traffic turning left onto St. Joseph’s Drive. There were no adverse weather conditions. Delora was driving south on Coors Road in the right-hand lane. As she approached the intersection with St. Joseph’s Drive, a vehicle in front of her, also in the right-hand lane, was travelling at 50 m. p. h. A truck ahead of this vehicle was moving in the left-hand lane. Delora swiftly zigzagged past these vehicles and made an illegal left turn from the right-hand lane on St. Joseph’s Drive into the northbound lanes of Coors Road. At this moment, defendant Lewis, driving north on Coors Road, was at or close to the intersection. Delora’s vehicle was right in front of him. Defendant applied his brakes and attempted to turn right to avoid the accident. In the matter of time, the collision occurred at the snap of the fingers. [ 90 N.M. at 217 , 561 P.2d at 490 .]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lewis v. English“The defendant must have a clear chance, by the exercise of ordinary care, to avoid injury to the plaintiff. (Citation omitted). Were we to apply the mathematical computations necessary, we hold, as a matter of law, that last clear chance was not applicable. [ 90 N.M. at 217 , 561 P.2d at 490 .]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lewis v. English“. If the evidence in the case of Lewis v. English, supra, [the instant case], is supplemented on the issues decided in this case, this opinion shall not control, otherwise it shall control. . [Emphasis added.] [ 90 N.M. at 218 , 561 P.2d at 491 .]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lewis v. English
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.