Walton v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently July 1982
2 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. Eppler · Hayward v. Richardson Construction Company · Segebart Ex Rel. Segebart v. Gregory · Wootan v. Shaw · Cities Service Oil Company v. Merritt
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We are not prepared to say that it appears that the amount of the verdict in favor of the plaintiffs was the result of passion or prejudice on the part of the jury. “In cases like this a certain degree of heat is unavoidable. “In the instant case there is nothing in the record to indicate undue passion or prejudice on the part of the jury, except the size of the verdict itself.' Whilst the verdict is large — perhaps too large, we might say if called upon to pass upon the question as jurors — yet there were a great many circumstances of aggravation and oppression connected with the taking of the property tending to show an entire absence on the part of the defendants of all'regard for the rights of the plaintiffs and a contempt for law and order wholly indefensible. (( * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““If it appears that there has been such misconduct in a trial, or prejudicial matter has been allowed to go to the jury, without opportunity to object in advance, the effect of which cannot be removed by an admonition on the part of the court, the aggrieved party may move the court to declare a mistrial, but failing in that, he will be deemed to have taken his chances with the jury.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Crum v. Clark““In Jones v. Eppler, Okl., 266 P.2d 451, 459 , 48 A.L.R.2d 33 , we quoted with approval as follows: “ ‘In an action for damages for personal injuries sustained, the court will, not set a judgment aside because of excessive damages, unless the amount awarded clearly shows that the jury was actuated by passion, partiality or prejudice.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.