Lancaster v. Providence & S. S. S. Co.’s Empirical Analysis
26 F. 233 · 1886
Citation profile
1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently September 1918
1 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Grace v. American Central Insurance · Hartell v. Tilghman · Barnard v. Kellogg · Insurance Co. v. Lyman · Gilmer v. City of Grand Rapids
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The evidence would warrant, a much larger verdict beyond .a doubt. Indeed, it may be said that, had the assessment been made by the court, tlio recovery would have been considerably in excess of the sum awarded by the jury. But the question of damages was for the jury. A wide discretion was allowed them, and the court should be clearly convinced of the rectitude of its position before trespassing upon their peculiar domain. * * ~ The verdict should not be disturbed, even though 1he court may regard if: as inadequate, unless something is shown which indicates that the jury were actuated by passion, prejudice, or corrupt motive, or that they made an important and manifest mistake. There is nothing here upon which to found such a conclusion — [citing authorities].””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.