Sauer v. Sauer’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 438 Main Street v. Easy Heat, Inc. · Wohnoutka v. Kelley · 2012 UT App 283 - Hale v. Big H Construction, Inc. · 28 Utah 2d 206 - Morris v. FARMERS HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY · Anderson v. State Farm Fire & Casualty 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we give great deference to a trial court's determinations of credibility based on the presumption that the trial judge, having personally observed the quality of the evidence, the tenor of the proceedings, and the demeanor of the parties, is in a better position to perceive the subtleties at issue than we can looking only at the cold record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Consequently, in all actions tried upon the facts without a jury, findings of fact shall not be set aside unless clearly erroneous, and due regard shall be given to the opportunity of the trial court to judge the credibility of the witnesses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Findings of fact ... must not be set aside unless clearly erroneous, and the reviewing court must give due regard to the trial court's opportunity to judge the credibility of the witnesses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.