Dyson v. Olin Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

253 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 253 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “against the great weight and preponderance”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Celotex Corp. v. Tate · Texas Brine Corp. v. Lofton

2. “(a) The court of appeals must consider and weigh all of the evidence and should set aside the verdict only if it is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence as to be clearly wrong and unjust; (b) The court is not free to reweigh the evidence and set aside a jury verdict merely because the judges feel that a different result is more reasonable. The court may not substitute its thought processes for those of the jury; and, (c) The court must be prepared to detail the evidence relevant to the issues un der consideration and clearly state why the jury findings are factually insufficient or so against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence as to be manifestly unjust, why the findings shock the conscience, or why the findings clearly demonstrate bias. The Court must be able to state in what regard the contrary evidence greatly outweighs the evidence in support of the verdict.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Potter v. Anthony Crane Rental of Texas, Inc. · Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Crane

3. “so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence as to be clearly wrong and unjust.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Thomas · Cook v. Sabio Oil & Gas, Inc.