McGlasson v. Barger’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 8 district · 67 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions — most recently November 2012 · most notably In re Orthopedic Bone Screw Products Liability Litigation (1999), Kistler v. Halsey (1971)
4 federal appellate · 8 district · 67 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Duplex Printing Press Co. v. Deering · Morrison v. Goodspeed · Nettrour v. JC Penney Company · Lockwood Grader Corp. v. Bockhaus · Pullen v. Headberg
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] motion for directed verdict'can only be granted where the evidence, when so considered, compels the conclusion that the minds of reasonable' men could not be in disagreement and that no evidence, or legitimate inference arising therefirón, has been presented upon which a jury’s verdict against the moving party could be sustained.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““To constitute a civil conspiracy there must be: (1) two or more persons, and for this purpose a corporation is a person; (2) an object to be accomplished; (3) a meeting of minds on the object or course of action; (4) one or more unlawful overt acts; and (5) damages as the proximate result thereof.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““When a motion for a directed verdict is made, the trial court must view the evidence in a light most favorable to the party against whom the motion is directed. Every reasonable inference to be drawn from the evidence presented is to be considered in a light most favorable to such party. A motion for a directed verdict can only be granted where the evidence, when so considered, compels the conclusion that the minds of reasonable men could not be in disagreement and that no evidence, or legitimate inference arising therefrom, has been presented upon which a jury’s verdict against the moving party could be sustained.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.