Townsend v. Urie’s Empirical Analysis

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9 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... [U]nder an oral contract of employment, the basic rule governing proof is the second paragraph of La. C.C. art. 1846, which requires that plaintiff prove his case by one credible witness "and other corroborating circumstances." The plaintiff may be the one credible witness. "Other corroborating circumstances" need only be general in nature; independent proof of every detail of the agreement is not required.... Moreover, a court of appeal may not set aside a trial court's finding of fact in the absence of manifest error or unless it is clearly wrong. When there is a conflict in the testimony, reasonable evaluations of credibility and reasonable inferences of fact should not be disturbed upon review; the issue for the reviewing court is not whether the trier of fact was wrong, but whether the factfinder's conclusions were reasonable under the evidence. When a factfinder's determination is based on its discretion to credit the testimony of one of two or more witnesses, that finding can virtually never be wrong.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Crowe v. Homesplus Manufactured Housing, Inc.

2. “when one party obligates himself towards another for the benefit of the latter, without obtaining any advantage in return.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 847 So. 2d 789 - Prestridge v. Elliott