Cross v. Cleaver’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

90 federal appellate · 9 district · 2 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 149 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[Cjonsider the evidence in the light most favorable to the prevailing party, assume that the jury resolved all conflicts of evidence in favor of that party, assume as true all facts which the prevailing party’s evidence tended to prove, give the prevailing party the benefit of all favorable inferences which may reasonably be drawn from the facts, and deny the motion, if in light of the foregoing, reasonable jurors could differ as to the conclusion that could be drawn from the evidence.””

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Knutson v. Ag Processing, Inc. · 249 F. Supp. 2d 1138 - Baker v. John Morrell & Co.

2. “only if the error prejudices the substantial rights of a party and would result in a miscarriage of justice if left uncorrected.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 314 F. Supp. 2d 843 - Sherman v. Kasotakis · Morse v. Southern Union Co.

3. “fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the judicial proceedings.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dan Margolies Movant Below, Matthew Headley Holdings, Llc, Doing Business as Heartland Snacks, Formerly Known as Incito Capital Group v. McCleary Inc. Charles Patrick McCleary Jerry Stokely Dan Margolies Movant Below, Matthew Headley Holdings, Llc, Doing Business as Heartland Snacks, Formerly Known as Incito Capital Group v. McCleary Inc. Charles Patrick McCleary Jerry Stokely · Morse v. Southern Union Co.