Olson v. Aretz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate and shall extend to all cases at law without regard to the amount in controversy.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Haberer v. Rice · Sonenstahl v. L.E.L.S., Inc.

2. “The general rule in Minnesota is that damages in the form of lost profits “may be recovered where they are shown to be the natural and probable consequences of the act or omission complained of and their amount is shown with a reasonable degree of certainty and exactness. This means that the nature of the business or venture upon which the anticipated profits are claimed must be such as to support an inference of definite profits grounded upon a reasonably sure basis of facts____ This rule does not call for absolute certainty.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 773 F. Supp. 158 - Anoka Orthopaedic Associates, P.A. v. Mutschler

3. “We have often held that the only actions in which Minn. Const, art 1, § 4 * * * and Rule 38.01 * * * guarantee the right to a jury trial are those which were conceived of as ‘legal’ so that such a right existed with respect to them, at the time the Minnesota constitution was adopted. The language of Rule 38.01 is merely an attempt to list those actions which were then, and are now, thought of as ‘legal’ as distinguished from ‘equitable.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Humphrey v. Alpine Air Products, Inc.