Cates v. Farrington’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
October 1997
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Grant v. Warren Bros. Co. · Boothbay Register, Inc. v. Murphy · Daigle & Son, Inc. v. Stone
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A court need not grant a motion for a new trial or a motion under Rule 59(e) unless it is reasonably clear that prejudicial error has been committed or that substantial justice has not been done. Furthermore, when the trial is before a judge without a jury, such motions must be based on a manifest error of law or mistake of fact. The burden of showing harmful error rests on the party seeking the new trial ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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