Das v. Thani’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`[a] charge is a road map to guide the jury, and without an appropriate charge a jury can take a wrong turn in its deliberations.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. New York-Connecticut Development Corp. v. Blinds-To-Go · Richard Walker v. Costco Wholesale Warehouse

2. ““ ‘When the accepted standards of medical practice permit two or more courses of action and the physician in the exercise of his judgment selects one of those alternatives, he cannot be found negligent if the course chosen produces a poor result.’ ” 171 N.J. at 526 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Foster ex rel. Foster v. Klaumann

3. “[T]he ultimate responsibility rests with the court to instruct the jury regarding the appropriate law that is applicable to the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 409 N.J. Super. 193 - Quinlan v. Curtiss-Wright Corp.