Dalrymple v. . Williams’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district · 77 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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In Jackson v. Dickenson the affidavits of the jurors were held admissible to show that a mistake had'been made in taking their verdict, and that .it was entirely different -from what was intended. The court draws a distinction between what transpires while the jury are deliberating on their verdict and what takes place in open court in returning their verdict, holding the statements of jurors admissible as to the latter, but not as to the former. Roberts v. Hughes, 7 Mees. & W. 399, is like the last case quoted. The affidavits of the jurors were received as to what took place in open court on the delivery of the verdict, to correct it.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Glaspell v. Northern Pac. R.

2. ““It would be a reproach upon the administration of justice if a party could lose the benefit of a trial and a verdict in his favor by the mere mistake of the foreman of the jury in reporting to the court the result of the deliberations of himself and his fellows.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Junion v. Snavely Motor Co.