Peterson v. Hager’s Empirical Analysis
724 F.2d 851 · 1984
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 8 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently November 2005 · most notably Hurd v. American Hoist & Derrick Co. (1984), Karns v. Emerson Electric Co. (1987)
29 federal appellate · 8 district ·
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 New Yorker Magazine, Inc. v. Gerosa · Cirillo v. United States · Odessa Woods v. The National Life and Accident Insurance Company, a Tennessee Corporation · Hidalgo Properties, Inc. v. Wachovia Mortgage Co. · Garrett v. Haworth
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'the federal standard in determining whether the evidence is sufficient to go to the jury or, as a matter of law, the court should direct a verdict. Under the federal standard, the trial court must view the evidence and the inferences to be drawn therefrom in the light most favorable to the party against whom the motion is directed. When the evidence is so viewed, a directed verdict is proper only when the evidence is so patently in favor of the moving party that a jury verdict in favor of the opposing party would be improper and would have to be set aside by the trial judge. 14”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“While the sufficiency of the evidence is tested against the federal standard, the underlying cause of action in a diversity case is governed by state law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“is cured if subsequent testimony on behalf of the moving party repairs the defects of his opponent's case”
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.