Sullivan v. Hoffman’s Empirical Analysis

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30 state decisions

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

1. ““[Ejvidence of facts happening after trial ordinarily cannot be considered as newly discovered evidence on which to justify the granting of a new trial.” Wagner v. Loup River Public Power District, 150 Neb. 7, 12 , 33 N.W.2d 300, 303 (1948). “A new trial will not be granted on the ground of newly discovered evidence where it appears that such evidence was not available at the time of the trial, but rather the result of changed conditions since.” Id. at 11 , 33 N.W.2d at 303 . “In any but a very' .extraordinary case in which an utter failure of justice will unequivocally result, a verdict on the evidence at the trial will not be set aside and a new trial granted on the basis of evidence of facts occurring subsequent to such trial.” Id. at 12 , 33 N.W.2d at 304 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Douglas v. Bible Baptist Church

2. ““ ‘ “Surface waters cease to be such when they empty into and become part of a natural stream or lake, but they do not lose their character as such by reason of their flowing from the land on which they first make their appearance onto lower land in obedience to the law of gravity, or by flowing into a natural basin from which they normally disappear through evaporation or percolation....” ’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 3 Neb. Ct. App. 49 - Georgetowne Square v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

3. ““Surface waters are waters which appear upon the surface of the ground in a diffused state... which ordinarily result from rainfall or melting snow” [and] “may be dammed, diverted, or otherwise repelled by an adjoining landowner without liability, if it is necessary and done without negligence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Krafka v. Brase