146 Ind. App. 150 - Cooper v. Teeters’s Empirical Analysis

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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 appellant’s first specification of error in her motion for a new trial alleged that the decision of the trial court in directing the jury to return a verdict for the defendants was contrary to law. In considering this allegation of error, it must be decided whether the evidence presented at the trial supported, without conflict, only one inference, which inference was in the favor of the defendants. Whitaker v. Borntrager (1954), 233 Ind. 678 , 122 N. E. 2d 734 .’ ””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 150 Ind. App. 681 - Cheek v. Hamlin · 153 Ind. App. 158 - Moster v. Bower

2. ““ ‘When there is some evidence or legitimate inference supporting each material allegation of the complaint, the court will not weigh the conflicting evidence or inferences but will consider only the evidence and inferences that are most favorable to the party against whom the motion for a peremptory verdict is directed. (Citing cases.) “ ‘In determining whether a peremptory instruction should be given the court must accept as true all facts which the evidence tends to prove and draw, against the party requesting such instruction, all inferences which the jury might reasonably draw. (Citing cases.) ’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 150 Ind. App. 681 - Cheek v. Hamlin · 153 Ind. App. 158 - Moster v. Bower