State v. McKenzie’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Memorial Hospital of South Bend, Inc. v. Scott · Nissen Trampoline Co. v. Terre Haute First National Bank · Henschen v. New York Central Railroad · 178 Ind. App. 31 - State v. Tabler · Sanders v. Cole Municipal Finance
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In its order correcting error the court shall direct final judgment to be entered or shall correct the error without a new trial unless such relief is shown to be impracticable or unfair to any of the parties or is otherwise improper; and if a new trial is required it shall be limited only to those parties and issues affected by the error unless such relief is shown to be impracticable or unfair.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“(a) The trial court abused its judicial discretion; (b) A flagrant injustice has been done the appellant; or (c) A very strong case for relief from the trial court's ordering a new trial has been made by the appellant....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hunter v. Byrd“must determine whether in the minds of reasonable men a contrary verdict should have been reached.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Johnson
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.