May v. Caruso’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A trial court's exercise of its discretion in determining whether to admit or exclude evidence will not be overturned on appeal absent evidence that the trial court abused that discretion.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lloyd v. Kime · Hinkley v. Koehler

2. “whether a witness is qualified to testify as an expert is 'largely within the sound discretion of the trial court.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Holt v. Chalmeta · Dagner v. Anderson

3. “permit[] the hearsay content of such articles to be read into the record as substantive evidence, provided no other evidentiary rule prohibits such admission.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Budd v. Punyanitya