Watson v. Dodson’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 1998
most recently cited
6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"During the trial the plaintiff asked leave to amend his complaint to `conform to the proof.' The plaintiff's request was denied. The trial court said that the allowance of an amendment that would allege a new specification of negligence was not within the discretionary power of the court. In so holding, the court clearly misconceived the role of judicial discretion. The court had ample discretionary authority to allow the amendment [Citing cases.]."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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