Barnhart v. Redd’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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

1. “Vercellotti v. Bowen, 179 W.Va. 650 , 371 S.E.2d 371 (1988) (per curiam) (finding sufficient evidence for a jury to conclude that a confidential relationship existed between a mother and daughter in which the mother was aged, ill, isolated and had limited ability in the English language); Koontz v. Long, 181 W.Va. 800 , 384 S.E.2d 837 (1989) (per curiam) (finding sufficient evidence for a jury to conclude the existence of a fiduciary relationship); Yaromey v. King, 182 W.Va. 126 , 386 S.E.2d 493 (1989) (per curiam) (finding sufficient evidence of a fiduciary relationship to instruct the jury on fiduciary duties and presumption of constructive fraud); Smallridge v. Sipe, 185 W.Va. 135 , 405 S.E.2d 465 (1991) (per curiam) (finding summary judgment improper because of a factual question concerning whether a confidential relationship existed), Webb v. Williams, 188 W.Va. 7 , 422 S.E.2d 484 (1992) (per curiam ) (finding the record sufficient to support a jury finding of clear and convincing evidence of a mistake to rebut the presumption of W.Va. Code 31A-4-33).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nugen v. Simmons