St. John v. Peterson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

44 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Relevant evidence” means evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jucht · State v. Fisher

2. “1. Whether the circuit court erred by denying admission of evidence regarding Dr. Peterson’s treatment of other patients. 2. Whether the circuit court erred by denying admission of Dr. Wharton’s testimony that Dr. Peterson breached the standard of care by failing to inform St. John that repairing vesi-covaginal fistulas was not her specialty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. St. John v. Peterson

3. “The trial court's evidentiary rulings are presumed correct and will not be overturned absent a clear abuse of discretion. An abuse of discretion refers to a discretion exercised to an end or purpose not justified by, and clearly against reason and evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ronan v. Sanford Health