Hunter v. Reece’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
1 district · 24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Doctors' Co. v. Insurance Corp. of America · Amoco Production Co. v. EM Nominee Partnership Co. · True Oil Co. v. Sinclair Oil Corp. · Lieberman v. Mossbrook · Sinclair Oil Corp. v. Republic Insurance Co.
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he words used in the contract are afforded the plain meaning that a reasonable person would give to them.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“The factual findings of a judge are not entitled to the limited review afforded a jury verdict. While the findings are presumptively correct, the appellate court may examine all of the properly admissible evidence in the record. Due regard is given to the opportunity of the trial judge to assess the credibility of the witnesses, and our review does not entail re-weighing disputed evidence. Findings of fact will not be set aside unless they are clearly erroneous. A finding is clearly erroneous when, although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed. In considering a trial court's factual findings, we assume that the evidence of the prevailing party below is true and give that party every reasonable inference that can fairly and reasonably be drawn from it. We do not substitute ourselves for the trial court as a finder of facts; instead, we defer to those findings unless they are unsupported by the record or erroneous as a matter of law. The district court's conclusions of law are reviewed de novo .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“evidence. Joseph M. Perillo, Calamari and Perillo on Contracts § 8.17, at 146 (6th ed. 2009); see Linton v. E.C. Cates Agency, Inc., 2005 WY 63, ¶17 , 113 P.3d 26, 30 (Wyo.2005). We have said that such evidence can be especially useful because”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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