Robison v. Lescrenier’s Empirical Analysis
721 F.2d 1101 · 1983
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently June 2010 · most notably Ramsey v. American Air Filter Co. (1985), Cook v. Hoppin (1986)
16 federal appellate · 1 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 Erie Co v. Tompkins · The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman · Gilbert v. First National Bank of Jackson · Dewees v. United States · Schaefer v. First National Bank of Lincolnwood
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n contrast to a motion for judgment n.o.v., the standard for reviewing a trial court's disposition of a motion for a new trial is controlled by federal law, even in diversity cases .... Since 'a motion for a new trial is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial judge', ... the standard of review is abuse of that discretion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the evidence in the record, viewed from the standpoint of the successful party, is sufficient to support the jury verdict, a new trial is not warranted merely because the jury could have reached a different result. [Citing cases.] Neither the trial court nor this Court may substitute its judgment for that of the jury on disputed issues of fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hibma v. Odegaard“Since 'a motion for a new trial is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial judge,' the standard of review is abuse of that discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.