Springer v. Henry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A new trial should be granted only where the great weight of the evidence cuts against the verdict and where a miscarriage of justice would result if the verdict were to stand.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morris v. Pruitt · Porter v. City of Phila.

2. “disregard all evidence favorable to the moving party that the jury is not required to believe.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pierce v. City of Phila. · Springer v. Henry

3. “a substantial or motivating factor,” not”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Volek v. Redevelopment Authority · Springer v. Henry