McKenna v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
202 F.2d 23 · 1953
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
September 1966
most recently cited
13 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Gunning v. Cooley · Slocum v. New York Life Insurance · A. B. Small Co. v. Lamborn & Co. · Central Surety & Ins. v. Murphy · Farr Co. v. Union Pac. R. 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The well established rule is that the court should direct a verdict where the evidence is without dispute, or is conflicting but of such conclusive character that if a verdict were returned for one party, whether plaintiff or defendant, the exercise of sound judicial discretion would require that it be set aside. In other words, where the evidence, with all the inferences which may justifiably be drawn from it, does not constitute a sufficient basis for a verdict for plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be, and therefore if a verdict were returned in favor of such party it would have to be set aside, the court should direct a verdict for the opposite party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Meeker v. Rizley
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