Tweed's Case’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 5 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Reasonably viewed, it is clear that the instruction given covered every allegation of the claim, and every ground of defense set up both in the preliminary exception and in the amended answer. Instructions given by the court at the trial are entitled to' a reasonable interpretation, and, if the propositions as staled are correct, they are not, as a general rule, to be regarded as the subject of error on account of omissions not pointed out by the excepting party, as the party aggrieved, if he supposes the instructions given are either indefinite or not sufficiently comprehensive, is always at liberty to ask that further and more explicit instructions may he given; and, if he does not do so, lie is not entitled to claim a reversal of the judgment for any such supposed error. Courts are not inclined to grant a new trial merely on account of ambiguity in the charge of the court to the jury, where it appears that the complaining party made no effort at the trial to have the point explained.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Eastern Oregon Land Co. v. Cole

2. ““Courts are not inclined to grant a new trial merely on account of ambiguity in tlie charge, of the court to the jury, where it appears that the complaining party made no effort at the trial to have the point explained.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Winfrey v. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co.