Sollin v. Wangler’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “The party seeking relief has the burden to affirmatively establish an abuse of discretion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Twete v. Mullin · Rath v. Rath

2. “"[I]t is not unlikely that in a number of cases whether the plaintiff recovers may depend as much upon how 'courtwise' the members of the jury are as upon how the jurors view the facts. In short, not informing the jury of the effect of a 50% negligence finding in many cases is likely to cause an unjust result and produce a judgment which does not reflect the wisdom of the jury or their view of the facts, but only their ignorance of Idaho law."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Haider v. Moen

3. “We review a district court's denial of a N.D.R.Civ.P. 59 motion for new trial for an abuse of discretion. Sollin v. Wangler , 2001 ND 96 , ¶ 8, 627 N.W.2d 159 . A district court abuses its discretion if it acts in an arbitrary, unreasonable, or unconscionable manner; its decision is not the product of a rational mental process leading to a reasoned determination; or it misinterprets or misapplies the law. Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Twete v. Mullin