Williams v. Bisson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A non-suit, or a directed verdict for the defendant, should be ordered on proper motion whenever all the evidence viewed most favorably to the plaintiff would not support a verdict in his favor, Lander v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 141 Me., 422, 44 A., 2d, 886 and cases cited therein,-----.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bragdon v. Chase

2. ““There can be no point in discussing the evidence relative to damages in a case where liability has not been established-----.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bragdon v. Chase