Beard v. Coggins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Appellant insists that a judgment notwithstanding the verdict should have been granted. Such a judgment is appropriate only if it can be said that the trial court should have directed a verdict in favor of of the plaintiff (appellant), which is a rarity. Spink v. Mourton, 235 Ark. 919 , 362 S.W. 2d 665 (1962). In testing the sufficiency of the evidence on a motion for a directed verdict the testimony and all reasonable inferences are viewed in the light most favorable to the party against whom the verdict is sought. Page v. Boyd-Bilt, Inc., 246 Ark. 352 , 438 S. W. 2d 307 (1969). *** ###As to the substantiality of the evidence we cannot disturb the jury’s conclusion ‘unless we can say there is no reasonable probability in favor of appellee’s version, and then only after giving legitimate effect to the presumption in favor of the jury findings.’ McWilliams v. R & T Transport, Inc., 245 Ark. 882 , 435 S.W. 2d 98 (1968).’’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Swafford v. Sealtest Foods Division of National Dairy Products Corp.