Andres v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * and where a new trial on such ground is granted the appellate court reviews the record to ascertain only if there was substantial evidence to warrant a verdict for the party in whose behalf the motion was sustained. Albert J. Hoppe, Inc., v. St. Louis Public Service Co., Mo., 235 S.W.2d 347, 349 ; Dawson v. Scherff, Mo., 281 S.W.2d 825, 831 ; Liddle v. Collins Construction Co., Mo., 283 S.W.2d 474, 477 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Whalen v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

2. “order. This may be true in a sense, but that does not make the order any less effective. Suppose the motion would have contained only one assignment of error to-wit: that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, and the trial court's order would have read the same as it did in the instant case. Would the fact the order used the word”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Klipsch