Stark v. Henneman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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.

1. “At the conclusion of all the evidence counsel for defendants submitted a motion with regard to the amount of compensatory damages proven, but nothing whatever was said about punitive damages.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Crooks v. Pay Less Drug Stores Northwest, Inc.

2. “The refusal of a motion for a directed verdict is a condition precedent to the exercise of the court's power to render a judgment n.o.v.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Crooks v. Pay Less Drug Stores Northwest, Inc.