Benson v. Rostad’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. Re-Trac Manufacturing Corporation · Schwartz v. Minneapolis Suburban Bus Co. · Swanson v. Domning · Vandeputte v. Soderholm · Sullivan v. F. D. Chapman Construction Co.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“consider the evidence in a light most favorable to the prevailing party and must sustain the verdict unless it is manifestly contrary to the evidence.”
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.