Stanhope v. Lawrence’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
1
states following
November 1996
most recently cited
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Olson v. Westfork Properties, Inc. · Haynes v. County of Missoula · Bracy v. Great Northern Railway Co. · Tope v. Taylor · Zeke's Distributing Co. v. Brown-Forman Corp.
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.
““It is essential to our determination in this case for us to set forth a clear and concise statement of the scope of our review regarding the grant of a new trial. The decision to grant a new trial is within the sound discretion of the trial judge and will not be overturned absent a showing of manifest abuse of discretion.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Henrichs v. Todd
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.