Lewis v. Gibbons’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
July 2014
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · Dunn v. Blumstein · Bullock v. Carter · Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15 · Clements v. Fashing
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In considering whether the judgment of the trial court is `against the weight of the evidence,' this Court may exercise its power to set aside the judgment of the trial court only with caution and only if it possesses a firm belief that the judgment is wrong.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Great deference must be given to the trial court's resolution of conflicts in evidence, and this Court gives due regard to the court's opportunity to have judged the credibility of the witnesses before it.”
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.