Dougherty v. Beckman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Every person who is entitled to recover damages certain, or capable of being made certain by calculation, and the right to recover which is vested in him upon a particular day, is entitled also to recover interest thereon from that day, except during such time as the debtor is prevented by law, or by the act of the creditor, from paying the debt.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Amert v. Ziebarth Construction Co. · Williams Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Dee-Bee Contracting Co.

2. “Furthermore, in a court trial, ‘[u]pon review, the evidence and inferences therefrom must be viewed in a light most favorable to uphold the verdict [judgment] and, if there is competent and substantial evidence to support the verdict [judgment], it must be upheld.’”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Matter of Estate of Gibbs · Mash v. Cutler

3. “[v]oluntary acceptance of the benefits of a judgment waives the right to review only in those cases where the review could lead to a denial or reduction of such benefits.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Heer v. State