Smith v. Borg-Warner Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
626 F.2d 384 · 1980
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. · Coughlin v. Capitol Cement Co. · Turner v. General Motors Corp. · Martinez v. Dixie Carriers, Inc. · Technical Chemical Company v. Jacobs
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[T]he test is not whether the charge was faultless in every particular but whether the jury was misled in any way and whether it had understanding of the issues and its duty to determine those issues.' Our jurisprudence mandates that we consider the charge as a whole, viewing it in the light of the allegations of the complaint, the evidence, and the arguments of counsel.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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