Fowler v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “findings made sua sponte control only ... the issues they cover and a general judgment will control as to the issues upon which there are no findings. A general judgment entered with findings will be affirmed if it can be sustained on any legal theory supported by the evidence.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Adoption of Njg · Bingley v. Bingley

2. “The trial court's findings and conclusions will be set aside only if they are clearly erroneous, i.e., when the record contains no facts or inferences supporting them. A judgment is clearly erroneous when a review of the record leaves us with a firm conviction that a mistake has been made. We neither reweigh the evidence nor assess the credibility of witnesses, but consider only the evidence most favorable to the judgment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. James R. Stroud, Heartland Homestead, LLC, and Heartland Land Trust v. Thomas J. Stone · Deel v. Deel

3. “A judgment is contrary to law when the evidence is without conflict and all reasonable inferences to be drawn from the evidence lead to only one conclusion, but the trial court reached a different conclusion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pardue v. Perdue Farms, Inc. · Mainstreet Property Group, LLC Mainstreet Realty, LLC and 7105 E SR 334, LLC v. Pam Pontones, in her official capacity as Interim Commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health