Holger v. Irish’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Evidence of ... (2) accepting ... a valuable consideration in compromising or attempting to compromise a claim which was disputed as to either validity or amount, is not admissible to prove liability for or invalidity of the claim or its amount.... This section also does not require exclusion when the evidence is offered for another purpose, such as proving bias or prejudice of a witness, [or] negativing a contention of undue delay....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. First Premier Bank v. Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc.

2. “Withholding information or evidence of such a settlement ... from the jury ... (1) focuses the jury on the crucial questions of liability and full compensation, (2) prevents the jury from being confused or misled by its knowledge of the settlement ..., and (3) promotes fair verdicts that are consistent with the evidence presented.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. First Premier Bank v. Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc.