Withers v. Hackett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 8 district · 11 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) a showing that the person claiming that his property was converted has a property interest in the property; (2) that he had the right to possession at the time of the alleged conversion; and (3) that the party with the right to possession made a demand for its return that was denied by the holder.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Surplec, Inc. v. Maine Public Service Co. · 124 F. Supp. 2d 750 - Butcher Co., Inc. v. Bouthot

2. “Unfortunately, the parties failed, in the verdict form, to request that the jury distinguish the emotional distress and punitive damages that resulted from Hackett’s allegedly defamatory comments from the emotional distress and punitive damages that resulted from Hackett’s other tortious conduct. Because we cannot conclude that the jury’s punitive damage award and its award of damages for the emotional distress suffered by the Witherses were not based, at least in part, on its finding that Hack-ett was hable to the Witherses for defamation, these awards cannot stand.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Withers v. Hackett