Langdon v. Wight’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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

1. “Now, the instructions and what I wanted to tell you about goes back to this Instruction Number 1 that you got the other day. It kind of helps you out in trying to figure out what evidence — how do I sort out this evidence. Well, it tells you. It tells you that “After the openings statements, the plaintiffs will introduce evidence. After that, the defendants may introduce evidence and there may be rebuttal evidence after that. The evidence may include the testimony of witnesses who appear personally in court, the testimony of witnesses who may not appear personally but whose testimony may be read to you, and exhibits such as pictures, documents, and other objects.” That’s the evidence. What does it tell you — you [sic] can do with that evidence? How do you judge the credibility of a witness? How do you determine whether you believe a witness or not? It tells you here in Instruction Number One. “In considering the weight and value of the testimony of any witness, you may take into consideration the appearance, attitude, and behavior of the witness,” let’s stop right there. “The appearance, attitude and behavior of the witness.” The only person who ever said it was a KAW truck, as identified in their Interrogatory answers, was John Bucher. Did you get an opportunity to weigh his testimony in light of his appearance, attitude or behavior? No, because he wasn’t here. You didn’t get a chance to look at him, to see him (emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robertson v. Cameron Mutual Insurance Co.