Otis Elevator, Co. v. Bedre’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 13 state decisions

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

1. “(b) Error Affecting Only Part of Case. If the error affects part of, but not all, thgjmatter in controversy and that part Is separable without unfairness to the parties, the judgment must be reversed and a new trial ordered only as to the part affected by the error. The court may not order a separate trial solely on unliquidated damages if liability is contested.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Double Ace, Inc. v. Pope