Sterling v. Forney’s Empirical Analysis
813 F.2d 191 · 1987
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers, Inc. v. United States · Fryzel v. Cash Currency Exchange, Inc. · Solomon Dehydrating Company, Incorporated v. Clarence R. Guyton, Central Greyhound Lines, Incorporated, and the Greyhound Corporation · Hollins v. Powell · Dabney v. Montgomery Ward & Co.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]nadequacy or excessiveness of a verdict is basically an issue for the trial court, which is in the best position to evaluate such a claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“plain injustice or a monstrous or shocking result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.