Selmark Associates, Inc. v. Ehrlich’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 11 state decisions

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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.

1. “A judge should instruct the jury fairly, clearly, adequately, and correctly concerning principles that ought to guide and control their action.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 595 - City of Beverly v. Bass River Golf Mgmt., Inc. · DaPrato v. Massachusetts Water Resources Authority

2. “When the contract does not entirely govern the other shareholders' or directors' actions challenged by the plaintiff, a claim for breach of fiduciary duty may still lie.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Xiao Wei Yang Catering Linkage in Inner Mong. Co. v. Inner Mong. Xiao Wei Yang United States, Inc.

3. “anywhere in the evidence, from whatever source derived, any combination of circumstances could be found from which a reasonable inference could be drawn in favor”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1111 - Clemmey v. Commonwealth