Johnson v. Gerrish’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 1994
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. True · Michaud v. Steckino · Towle v. Aube · State v. Knight · Stanley v. Schiavi Mobile Homes, 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘A party does not have a right to a requested special instruction unless it states the law correctly, appears to be supported by the facts of the case, is not misleading or confusing, and is not already sufficiently covered in the given charge, and unless the refusal to give it would be prejudicial to the requesting party.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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