Castleberry v. DeBrot’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(C) A statement of the issues decided by the Court of Appeals of which review is sought. The court will not consider issues not presented or fairly included in the petition. The court, however, may address a plain error not presented. In a civil case, the petitioner also must list, separately and without argument, additional issues decided by the district court which were presented to, but not decided by, the Court of Appeals, which the petitioner wishes to have determined if review is granted.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hilburn v. Enerpipe Ltd. · State v. Wilson

2. “[e]rror in the admission or exclusion of evidence does not warrant reversal unless 'there is a”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Marriage of L.F. and M.F. · Acord v. Porter

3. “'There are two components of proximate cause: causation in fact and legal causation. To establish causation in fact, a plaintiff must prove a cause-and-effect relationship between a defendant's conduct and the plaintiff's loss by presenting sufficient evidence from which a jury can conclude that more likely than not, but for defendant's conduct, the plaintiff's injuries would not have occurred. To prove legal causation, the plaintiff must show it was foreseeable that the defendant's conduct might create a risk of harm to the victim and that the result of that conduct and contributing causes was foreseeable.' [Citation omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kudlacik v. Johnny's Shawnee, Inc.