Simpson v. Strong’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
2
states following
March 2016
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · Mehra v. Mehra · Colabianchi v. Colabianchi · DeArmon v. City of St. Louis · Nix v. Nix
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The phrase “weight of the evidence” means its weight in probative value, rather than the quantity or amount of evidence. The weight of the evidence is not determined by mathematics, but depends on its effect in inducing belief. An appellate court exercises extreme caution in considering whether a judgment should be set aside on the ground that it is against the weight of the evidence and will do so only upon a firm belief that the judgment was wrong.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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