Johnston v. Correale’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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. “A directed verdict is proper only if there is no conflict in the evidence as to any material issue and the evidence introduced, with all reasonable deductions therefrom, shall demand a particular verdict. In determining whether any conflict in the evidence exists, the court must construe the evidence most favorably to the party opposing the motion for directed verdict. The standard used to review the grant or denial of a directed verdict is the any evidence test.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnston v. Correale

2. “Contracts of agency, to be cognizable in law, must, like other agreements, have reference to the assumption of legal rights and duties, as opposed to engagements of a mere civic or social character, or of such other nature as to exclude monetary values.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnston v. Correale

3. “by assuring [her] that [Burkey] was a general contractor and that [Correale] could help her pick out the materials that would be needed in order to create the contract.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnston v. Correale