Mathis v. Meyeres’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[Ojne which leaves the supreme court with a definite and firm conviction on the entire record that a mistake has been made, although there may be evidence to support the finding.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Noyakuk v. State · Grothe v. Olafson

2. “Out of this relationship arises the duty of reasonably protecting the interests of the corporation. It is inconsistent with and a breach of such duty for an officer or director to take advantage of a business opportunity for his own personal profit when, applying ethical standards of what is fair and equitable in a particular situation, the opportunity should belong to the corporation. Where a business opportunity is one in which the corporation has a legitimate interest, the officer or director may not take the opportunity for himself. If he does, he will hold all resulting benefit and profit in his fiduciary capacity for the use and benefit of the corporation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Parker v. Northern Mixing Co.

3. “In determining if a mistake has been made, the court must take the view of the evidence most favorable to the prevailing party.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cedergreen v. Cedergreen