Sears v. Summit, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 1 district · 10 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is proper to introduce evidence of a defendant’s wealth when punitive damages are requested. And while this court has never held that such proof is mandatory, Town of Jackson v. Shaw, Wyo., 569 P.2d 1246, 1255 (1977), we believe that evidence of a defendant’s wealth should be introduced when punitive damages are requested. * * * * * * * * * “Evidence of a defendant’s wealth is important because it is one of three factors that should be considered by the jury when making an award of punitive damages and by the appellate court in reviewing the award. The factors that should be considered are: the nature of the tort; the amount of the actual damages; and the wealth of the defendant. * * * ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Campen v. Stone

2. “appellant's ranch extended for at least six miles along the private road; appellant stated that it would take at least six days to separate the cows from the yearlings after appellee's crew allegedly left the gates open; and appellant owns road-construction equipment which he rents for $50.00 an hour.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rosty v. Skaj

3. “there was no evidence present from which the jury could have considered appellant's wealth”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rosty v. Skaj