Selvig v. Caryl’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 98 Wash. 2d 434 - Wilson v. Steinbach · 103 Wash. 2d 768 - Hartley v. State · Van T. Junkins & Associates, Inc. v. U.S. Industries, Inc. · 121 Wash. 2d 715 - Kruse v. Hemp · 121 Wash. 2d 243 - Clements v. Travelers Indemnity Co.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where two main highways intersect, the stop sign or signs should normally be posted on the minor street to stop the lesser flow of traffic. Traffic engineering studies, however, may justify a decision to install a stop sign or signs on the major street, as at a three-way intersection where safety considerations may justify stopping the greater flow of traffic to permit left-turning movement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Selvig v. Caryl“exercise ordinary care in the construction, maintenance, and repair of its public roads to keep them in a manner that is reasonably safe for ordinary travel by persons using them in a proper manner and exercising ordinary care for their own safety.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Selvig v. Caryl
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.