Schoon v. Looby’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “accusation that the plaintiff was trying to hit the lottery by her lawsuit demeaned not only the plaintiff but also the judicial system itself and impugned the trial court’s judgment of allowing the punitive damage claim to proceed. The comments denigrated the fairness, integrity, and public perception of the judicial system. Counsel’s reference to playing the “lotto” or “powerball” or “rolling the dice” were only meant to inflame the jury and were beyond the bounds of proper final argument.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Adams v. Squibb

2. “But, in any event, that’s all beside the point but why do you do that? Well, let’s show some real money and then go after it. We got sympathy on one end and now let’s punish him by showing we have a doctor who has been successful with his life and he and his wife own some assets as he approaches retirement and let’s show them Sioux Valley Clinic. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Now we are on the way. Powerball here we come.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Adams v. Squibb

3. “So, what’s it doing in this law suit? Well, let’s try to get some punitive damages. I mean, if this is the Lotto or Powerball or whatever they call it, let’s really roll the dice big.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Adams v. Squibb