Chandler v. Battenfield’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

58 state decisions

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

1. “"In the consideration of a motion for judgment non obstante veredicto, the evidence favorable to the successful parties together with the inferences that may reasonably be drawn therefrom are to be accepted as true. To grant the motion the court should be able to say that there is neither evidence nor inference from which the jury could have arrived at its verdict. The author at 30 Am.Jur., Judgments, Section 57, states the rule: `* * * In determining whether to render a judgment non obstante veredicto, the court is not justified in trespassing on the province of a jury to be the judges of all questions of fact in the case, and the party favored by the verdict is entitled to have the testimony read in the light most advantageous to him, and to be given the benefit of every inference of fact fairly deducible therefrom.'"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Amaro v. Moss

2. ““In the consideration of a motion for a directed verdict the court must view a plaintiff’s evidence in the most favorable aspect, indulging in all reasonable inferences to be drawn from plaintiff’s evidence and disregarding all unfavorable testimony and inferences.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. Ferguson Trucking Company