Sievert v. LaMarca’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schwartz v. Minneapolis Suburban Bus Co. · Cady v. Bush · Lindstrom v. Yellow Taxi Company of Minneapolis · Weise v. Red Owl Stores, Inc. · Midland National Bank of Minneapolis v. Perranoski
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whatever the basis for the Weise holding, we are aware of no case which has overruled Martin on the burden of proof standard. Therefore, we hold that a fair preponderance of the evidence is the rule in Minnesota for proof of fraud.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“If an appeal delays proceedings on the judgment of the trial court and appears to have been taken merely for delay, the appellate court may award just damages and single or double costs to the respondent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Prechtel v. Gonse
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.