Harris v. Kreutzer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 4 district · 95 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 148 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[Sjhe suffered severe psychological trauma and mental anguish affecting her mental and physical well-being. Symptoms of her anguish include nightmares, difficulty sleeping, extreme loss of self-esteem and depression, requiring additional psychological treatment and counseling. In addition, she claims to have suffered mortification, humiliation, shame, disgrace, and injury to reputation.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gilmore v. Jones · Fuller v. Aliff

2. “[I]t is insufficient for a defendant to have acted with an intent which is tor-tious or even criminal. Rather, ... the conduct [must be] so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Eve Davis v. Walmart Stores East, L.P. · 382 F. Supp. 3d 475 - Fuller v. Carilion Clinic

3. “A [circuit] court's decision sustaining a demurrer presents a question of law which we review de novo. Furthermore, like the [circuit] court, we are confined to those facts that are expressly alleged, impliedly alleged, and which can be inferred from the facts alleged.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Francis v. Nat'l Accrediting Comm'n of Career Arts & Sci., Inc. · Kalergis v. Virginia Comm'r of Highways