152 Md. App. 119 - Bricker v. Warch’s Empirical Analysis

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21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although it is not uncommon for a fact-finding judge to be clearly erroneous when he [or she] is affirmatively PERSUADED of something, it is, as in this case, almost impossible for a judge to be clearly erroneous when he [or she] is simply NOT PERSUADED of something.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hiltz v. Hiltz · 165 Md. App. 591 - Simonds v. Simonds

2. “When a defendant moves for judgment at the close of the evidence offered by the plaintiff in an action tried by the court, the court may proceed, as the trier of fact, to determine the facts and to render judgment against the plaintiff or may decline to render judgment until the close of all the evidence. When a motion for judgment is made under any other circumstances, the court shall consider all evidence and inferences in the light most favorable to the party against whom the motion is made.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 Md. App. 228 - SAXON MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC. v. Harrison

3. “[appellate review] of the decision of the trial court on the evidence is governed by the “clearly erroneous” standard set out in Rule 8-131(c)[ 27 ] and the trial judge is “allowed to evaluate the evidence as though he [or she] were the jury, and to draw his [or her] own conclusions as to the evidence presented, the inferences arising therefrom and the credibility of the witnesses testifying.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 Md. App. 228 - SAXON MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC. v. Harrison