Celotex Corp. v. Tate’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 1 district · 40 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Under Tex.R.Civ.Evid. 611(a)(2), a trial court is given the authority to exercise reasonable control over the presentation of evidence at trial, so as to avoid the needless consumption of time. We find that by exercising its discretion under Rule 611, a trial court may properly grant such a request. Without exception from appellees, the trial court expressly ruled that one objection preserved error for all. Armed with this pretrial ruling, Celotex is free to rely on any defendant’s objection, just as if it was its own.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Malone

2. “Find from a preponderance of the evidence what sum of money, if any, should be assessed against each of such companies as exemplary damages for the injuries of Reuben Pool. “EXEMPLARY DAMAGES” means an amount that you may in your discretion award as an example to others and as a penalty or by way of punishment, in addition to any amount you may have found as actual damages.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fibreboard Corp. v. Pool

3. “Where the tortious conduct of two or more actors has combined to bring about harm to the plaintiff, and one or more of the actors seeks to limit his liability on the ground that the harm is capable of apportionment among them, the burden of proof as to the apportionment is upon each such actor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fibreboard Corp. v. Pool