Morris v. Flaig’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 2686 (§ 406 of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976) · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 42 U.S.C. § 4852D
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore · State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Campbell · Arizona v. California · Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unlike judgment as a matter of law, a new trial may be granted even if there is substantial evidence supporting the jury's verdict.... trial judge is free to weigh the evidence himself, and need not view it in the light most favorable to the verdict winner.... However, a motion for a new trial ordinarily should not be granted unless the trial court is convinced that the jury has reached a seriously erroneous result or that the verdict is a miscarriage of justice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“in order to impose liability on the defendants, the first and third claims require a finding that the defendants were aware of the duty imposed on them by the regulations, while [t]he second claim requires a finding that the defendants had knowledge, not only of the duty imposed by the regulations, but also of the existence of lead paint hazards at the premises.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Erwin v. Roe“This final factor requires a comparison to awards authorized in similar cases.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.