Day v. Hupp’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “refers to an appellate test of how much persuasive value evidence has, not just whether sufficient evidence exists that tends to prove a necessary fact. Ivie v. Smith, 439 S.W.3d 189 , 206 (Mo. banc 2014).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Aughenbaugh v. Williams · A.A.B. v. A.D.L.

2. “The against-the-weight-of-the-evidence standard of review serves only as a check on a trial court's potential abuse of power in weighing the evidence, and we will reverse the judgment only in rare cases when we have a firm belief that the judgment is wrong.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Aughenbaugh v. Williams

3. “On review of a court-tried case, an appellate court will affirm the circuit court's judgment unless there is no substantial evidence to support it, it is against the weight of the evidence, or it erroneously declares or applies the law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nicolazzi v. Bone