May, Weil & Co. v. Ham’s Empirical Analysis
1873
Citation profile
3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently October 1922
3 state decisions
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Most-quoted passages
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““It may also be that the seeming misconduct of the plaintiffs did not affect the verdict of the jury; but it may be that it did,' and we cannot say that we feel clear that it did not, and this is all that is necessary to require a reversal of the judgment. When a party has committed a flagitious act in order to obtain some undue advantage over his adversary, as it would seem one of the plaintiffs in this .case did, such party should not ask that the other parties should show that they were in fact prejudiced by his-acts. On the contrary, he should be compelled to show clearly and beyond all reasonable doubt, if not beyond all doubt, that such parties were not prejudiced by his unwarranted and reprehensible misconduct.” (Page 601.)”
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.