Thedorf v. Lipsey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 federal appellate · 3 district · 9 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]t is for the court to decide upon the jury's answers ... what the resulting legal obligation is.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Arlene M. Brown, M.D. Family Practice Associates, P.C. v. Presbyterian Healthcare Services Valerie Miller Vickie Williams, D.O., and Sierra Blanca Medical Associates, P.A. Gary Jackson, D.O., Arlene M. Brown, M.D., Family Practice Associates, P.C. v. Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Valerie Miller, Sierra Blanca Medical Associates, P.A., Vickie Williams, D.O., Gary Jackson, D.O. · Brown Md

2. “It is reversible error * * * [for the court] to inform the jury expressly or by necessary implication of the effect of an answer * * * to a question * # # of the special verdict upon the ultimate right of either party litigant to recover or upon the ultimate liability of either party litigant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. International Harvester Company v. Pike

3. “Both federal and state courts have generally adopted the ... view ... that for the court to inform the jury of the effect of its answers is prejudicial error requiring a new trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Vinieris v. Byzantine Maritime Corp.