Coe v. Koontz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The first question presented by appellants for the determination of this court is, Did the injuries which Thomas B. Coe received on October 29, 1928, cause or contribute to his death? Really we are not 'concerned with that question. It is a question of fact which was determined by the trial court. The appeal to this court allowed in compensation cases is on questions of law only. (Laws 1929, ch. 206.) If it were contended by appellants that there was no substantial evidence to sustain the findings and judgment of the trial court on that question perhaps we could examine the evidence enough to see whether that contention was well taken; but appellants do not make that contention. They state that the evidence on that point was in conflict and argue that the findings of the trial court were against the weight of the evidence. We are not concerned here with the weight of the evidence. We have looked into the evidence enough to see that there is an abundance of substantial evidence to support the findings of the trial court.” (p. 582.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. DeVaul v. Southern Kansas Stage Lines

2. ““. . . Our statutes, above cited, relating to workmen’s compensation, provide an elaborate plan and a complete procedure, as was quite fully discussed in Norman v. Consolidated Cement Co., 127 Kan. 643 , 274 Pac. 233 . In controverted matters between claimants for compensation and employers the statute provides for the taking of all of the testimony before a commissioner of compensation. The person hearing this evidence may, or may not, be a lawyer. The party who feels aggrieved by his decision, and desiring the evidence to be considered by a jurist, may appeal to the district court where the hearing is had on ‘questions of law and fact.’ That is about as complete a hearing as can be had in any case. The findings and judgment of the district court are not limited by the fact of whether there was or was not fraud, misconduct or unfairness on the part of the commissioner of compensation. . . .” (p. 583.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gawith v. Gage's Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc.