Midco Oil Corp. v. Hull’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 16 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * it is a well-established rule that whether there is any evidence tending to show causal connection between the acts of the defendants and the injury complained of is a question of law for the court. Chickasha Milling Co. v. Plowman, 94 Okl. 170 , 221 P. 476 ; Hepner v. Quapaw Gas Co., 92 Okl. 9 , 217 P. 438 ; Prest-O-Lite Co., Inc., v. Howery, 169 Okl. 408 , 37 P.2d 303 .””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Tulsa, Okl. v. Von Brady · Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Merrill Lynch

2. “No recovery can be had for the effect of any disease contracted before an accident resulting from defendant's negligence, unless the disease was aggravated or increased by defendant's negligent act, when a recovery may be had only to the extent of the aggravation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cantrell v. Henthorn

3. ““As a general rule, evidence of a condition existing after an injury is inadmissible to prove that such condition was the cause of the injury, unless it is shown that there has been no change in the condition since the injury."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. Ross