Rojas v. Vuocolo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

67 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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"In the cited case, the Texas court characterized such evidence as `a form of the inadmissible plea of poverty'".”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of New Cordell v. Lowe · Bacon v. Wass

2. “"Obviously, if proof, as an independent fact, that a defendant has insurance is improper because it has no bearing on the independent questions of negligence and damages and is calculated to injure defendant, then proof that defendant has no protecting insurance is calculated for the same reason to injure plaintiff. The answer in either case is that the proof should not be heard because it is irrelevant and its consideration by the jury is calculated- to work injury. See in this connection Barrington v. Duncan, 140 Tex. 510 , 169 S.W.2d 462 ; Brown v. Murphy Transfer & Storage Co., 190 Minn. 81 , 251 N.W. 5 , and Kerr v. National Fulton Brass Mfg. Co., 155 Mich. 191 , 118 N.W. 925 .” [ 142 Tex. 152 , 177 S.W.2d 964 .]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lands v. York Oil Corporation

3. ““It is ordinarily error for plaintiff to mention the fact in the presence of the jury that the defendant is insured against the liability which he is seeking to establish, or that he has no protecting insurance.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of New Cordell v. Lowe