Capshaw v. WERCS’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently April 2025
8 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 Hamling v. United States · Toussaint v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield · Fiorella v. United States · National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, Inc. v. Principi · Vaughn v. State
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Such decisions are within the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed absent a clear abuse of discretion .... Determining whether the trial court abused its discretion involves the consideration of whether the court could reasonably conclude as it did, and whether it acted in an arbitrary or capricious manner. ... A trial court’s evidentiary rulings “ ‘are entitled to considerable deference,”’ and will not be reversed on appeal so long as “ ‘there exists a legitimate basis for the trial court’s ruling....’””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In addition, the precise language of the order granting the motion in limine appears to limit only Mr. Capshaw's presentation of his theory of pretextual discharge with no corollary effect on WERCS. Therefore, it has the unfortunate potential to permit WERCS to raise the mismanagement issue in its opening and evidentiary presentation in support of its counterclaim while restraining Mr. Capshaw from responding in kind. This cireumstance alone raises concerns the order is arbitrary, capricious, and, hence, an abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A] question also remains whether Wor-ley was discharged for cause. Wyoming Bottling claims Worley was terminated for violating three personnel policies. Worley counters that termination for these violations was pretextual since the alleged violations were common, ordinary practices, and two fellow employees corroborated his claim. Whether an employee has been terminated for cause is generally a question of fact and, thus, summary judgment is premature under these disputed facts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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