Young v. Burke’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. ““(1) No party to any civil action, suit, or proceeding, or person directly interested in the event thereof shall be allowed to testify therein of his own motion or in his own behalf by virtue of section 13-90-101, when any adverse party sues or defends as the trustee or conservator of an idiot, lunatic, or distracted person, or as the executor or administrator, heir, legatee, or devisee of any deceased person, or as guardian or trustee of any such heir, legatee, or devisee, unless when called as a witness by such adverse party so suing or defending, and except in the following cases: “(a) In any such action, suit, or proceeding, a party or interested person may testify to facts occurring after the death of such deceased person.” (Emphasis added) Section 13-90-102, C.R.S. 1973.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Tompkins v. DeLeon

2. “the court, when sitting as a trier of the facts, ... is the final judge of the weight and credibility of the witnesses, including expert witnesses”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Board of Assessment Appeals v. Colorado Arlberg Club