Dodson v. Henderson Properties, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently June 2018
18 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Walker v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. · Aldridge v. Patterson · Bishop's Restaurants, Inc. of Tulsa v. Whomble · Hansen v. Cunningham · Austin Bridge Company v. Christian
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A trial judge many not sit as a thirteenth juror. It matters not that the trial court or this court might or might not have reached a different conclusion as to the amount of damages suffered by reason of the injuries received. A court may not substitute its judgment for that of the jury in the exercise of its function as a fact finding body. In so doing the trial court in this ease abused its discretion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“beyond all measure unreasonable and outrageous.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A new trial is a reexamination in the same court, of an issue of fact or of law or both, after a verdict by a jury, the approval of the report of a referee, or a decision by the court. The former verdict, report, or decision shall be vacated, and a new trial granted, on the application of the party aggrieved, for any of the following causes, affecting materially the substantial rights of the party: [[Image here]] 4. Excessive or inadequate damages, appearing to have been given under the influence of passion or prejudice; [[Image here]] 6. That the verdict, report, or decision is not sustained by sufficient evidence, or is contrary to law. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.