Champion v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The court directed a verdict in favor of the wrong party. Mrs. Champion was entitled to such a verdict, and not Ferguson, and upon the next trial, if the pleadings and evidence are substantially the same the court will so instruct the jury, but if these things are then substantially different the court will give such instructions as may be required by the circumstances then. There is now no need to pass on the other questions, and we reserve them.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Champion v. Ferguson