8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 24 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Jenkins v. Pyles.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenkins v. Pyles Anchor | green | “reasonable minds could not differ about what conclusion could be drawn from the evidence.” | 3 |
| 2 | Sawyer v. Comerci | green | “just as a plaintiff is required to establish a prima facie case of negligence, a defendant who relies upon the defense of contributory negligence must establish a prima facie case of the plaintiff's contributory negligence.” | 3 |
| 3 | Wright v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. | green | “drove his truck from a stopped position of safety onto the crossing directly in front of the train when its engine was less than ten feet away.” | 3 |
| 4 | Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Greenfield | green | “repeatedly, we have said that a railroad track is a proclamation of danger and the operator of a vehicle approaching a grade crossing 'is required to look and listen at a time and place when both looking and listening will be effective,' intelligently using both eyes and ears.” | 3 |
| 5 | Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Benton | green | “either did not look toward the approaching train which was in his plain view practically all the time, or if he looked no heed was given to it” | 3 |
| 6 | Southern Railway Co. v. Campbell | green | “a traveler . . . must always exercise care proportioned to the known danger, and this care must be such as one who knows the danger and of the prior right of passage of the moving train would be expected to exercise.” | 3 |
| 7 | Southern Railway Co. v. Campbell | green | “conduct on approaching the crossing under the surrounding conditions, measured by what a prudent man in the exercise of ordinary care would have done under like circumstances, was at least such as would cause fair-minded men to differ.” | 3 |
| 8 | Southern Railway Co. v. Campbell | green | “if a traveler drives blindly upon a crossing whether his view is obstructed or unobstructed, takes no precautions for his safety and is injured, his negligence will preclude any recovery on his part.” | 3 |
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