Wright v. Fountain’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 405 So. 2d 1 - Chavers v. National SEC. Fire & Cas. Co. · 410 So. 2d 5 - Casey v. Jones · 384 So. 2d 1087 - Cooper v. Peturis · 373 So. 2d 650 - Perdue v. Mitchell · 332 So. 2d 722 - Brocato v. Brocato
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No private agreement or consent between the parties or their attorneys, relating to the proceedings in any cause, shall be alleged or suggested by either against the other, unless the same be in writing, and signed by the party to be bound thereby; provided, however, agreements made in open court or at pretrial conferences are binding, whether such agreements are oral or written.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"A motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict may be joined, in the alternative, with a motion for a new trial. These motions have wholly distinct functions and different standards govern their allowance. Nevertheless there has been confusion and some courts persist in stating, as the standard for a directed verdict or judgment notwithstanding the verdict, the much more lenient test that is applicable to a motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence. "If a motion for a new trial is granted, the case is tried again. If a verdict is directed or judgment is granted notwithstanding the verdict, the case is at an end. Because of the finality that these latter motions have, it is natural that they should be measured by a far more rigorous standard. On a motion for new trial, the court has a wide discretion. On a motion for a directed verdict or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, it has no discretion whatever and considers only the question of law whether there is sufficient evidence to raise a jury issue. On a motion for new trial the court may consider the credibility of witnesses and the weight of the evidence. On a motion for a directed verdict or for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, it may not." (Footnotes omitted.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“palpably wrong and manifestly unjust result.”
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.