Anderson v. Eggert’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 state decisions

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

1. ““The fact that the trial judge granted a new trial ‘on the ground that the interests of justice will thereby be promoted’ ‘does not preclude this court from examining the whole record and from reversing if such examination clearly leads to the conclusion that there was nothing upon which to base such expression. But it does inform this court of the fact that the trial judge is of the opinion that justice has not been done and that a new trial should be had. In such cases we do not reverse merely because, upon the record before us, we come to a different conclusion. It must clearly appear that there was an abuse of judicial discretion before we reverse.’ McCoy v. Terhorst, 188 Wis. 512, 517 , 205 N. W. 420 . “The record discloses a situation in which conflicting conclusions may be reached by different persons. The court is satisfied that there was no abuse of discretion in granting the new trial.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 3 Wis. 2d 313 - Werren v. Allied American Mutual Fire Insurance