Jones v. Berney’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. ““I charge you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, that if you are reasonably satisfied from the evidence in this case, that the Plaintiffs injuries - and damages were the proximate result of a mere accident, then you cannot return a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants, Jefferson E. Smith and W. R. Mitchell Contractor, Inc.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Clark v. Smith

2. “"I charge the jury that if after a fair consideration of all the evidence, your mind is left in a state of confusion as to whether or not plaintiff is entitled to recover from the defendant, Berney, you cannot find for the plaintiff, against the defendant, Berney."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 596 So. 2d 892 - Adams v. Coffee County

3. “a state of doubt or confusion as to whether or not the plaintiff is entitled to a verdict”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 596 So. 2d 892 - Adams v. Coffee County