Mouser v. Griffith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 4 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The question is not how this Court, as a trier of fact, would have decided the case, but the question is whether there is sufficient credible evidence to support the verdict of the jury. From a brief statement of the facts, the evidence is sufficient to support either the theory of plaintiff or the theory of defendant. We cannot say that the testimony of the plaintiff is so manifestly untrue that reasonable men ought not to believe it. “This brings the case within the influence of numerous decisions wherein we have held that whether a plaintiff exercises proper care for his own safety or was guilty of contributory negligence barring his recovery was a question for the jury. Smith v. Carpenter, 198 Va. 91 , 92 S. E. 2d 275 ; Danner v. Cunningham, 194 Va. 142 , 72 S. E. 2d 354 ; Burke v. Scott, 192 Va. 16 , 63 S. E. 2d 740 ; Reese v. Snelson, 192 Va. 479, 65 S. E. 2d 547 ; Bethea v. Virginia Electric & Power Co., 183 Va. 873 , 33 S. E. 2d 651 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Washburn v. Dana