Malkin v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “In a bifurcated trial a defendant’s obligation to compensate plaintiff for the loss sustained by plaintiff becomes fixed in law upon the jury’s verdict in favor of plaintiff on the issue of liability. From that point in time the existence of plaintiff’s loss has been established, with only the amount of the loss to be determined upon the assessment of damages. Interest should accordingly be awarded for the period between the liability verdict and entry of final judgment....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 701 F. Supp. 71 - Record Club of America, Inc. v. United Artists Records, Inc.