Lumby v. Doetch’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently March 2007 · most notably Owen v. F. A. Buttrey Co. (1981), Sawyer-Adecor International, Inc. v. Anglin (1982)
30 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 Hellickson v. Barrett Mobile Home Transport, Inc. · Morgen & Oswood Construction Co. v. Big Sky of Montana, Inc. · Corscadden v. Kenney · Bails v. Stan Gar · Schuman v. Study Com'n of Yellowstone Cty.
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The credibility of witnesses and the weight to be given their testimony are matters for the District Court’s determination in a non-jury case. (Citation omitted.) Thus, in examining the sufficiency of evidence, we must view the same in a light most favorable to the prevailing party, and we will presume the findings and judgment by the District Court are correct. (Citation omitted.)””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““In resolving this issue, we are guided by a number of principles established by this Court. The credibility of witnesses and the weight to be given their testimony are matters for the District Court’s determination in a nonjury case. (Citation omitted.) Thus, in examining the sufficiency of the evidence, we must view the same in a light most favorable to the prevailing party, and we will presume the findings and judgment by the District Court are correct. (Citation omitted.) We will not overturn the findings and conclusions of the District Court unless there is a decided preponderance of the evidence against them, and when the evidence furnishes reasonable grounds for different conclusions, the findings of the District Court will not be disturbed. (Citation omitted.) The burden of proof is on the appellant. (Citation omitted.)””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Carroccia v. Todd
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.