Davidson v. Bailey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A motion for judgment on the evidence made at one stage of the proceedings is not a waiver of the right of the court or of any party to make such motion on the same or different issues or reasons at a later stage ..., except that error of the court in denying the motion shall be deemed corrected by evidence thereafter offered or admitted.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Farmers Elevator Co. of Oakville, Inc. v. Hamilton · FARMERS ELEV. CO. OF OAKVILLE v. Hamilton

2. “[w]e have held that when a defendant moves for a judgment on the evidence and then introduces evidence on his own behalf after the motion is denied, the defendant has waived any alleged error regarding the denial of the motion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Farmers Elevator Co. of Oakville, Inc. v. Hamilton · FARMERS ELEV. CO. OF OAKVILLE v. Hamilton

3. “evidence `having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re SLHS