Tyson v. Romey’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently November 2007 · most notably 42 Cal. 4th 644 - People v. Giordano (2007), 48 Cal. 2d 655 - Daggett v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. (1957)
5 federal appellate · 33 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 31 Cal. 2d 586 - Vaughn v. Jonas · Bond v. United R.R. of S.F. · 26 Cal. 2d 196 - Fackrell v. City of San Diego · 16 Cal. 2d 238 - Robinson v. George · Hale v. San Bernardino Valley Traction 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As is true in other cases involving the question of excessive judgment, it should be noted here that the remedy for excessive verdicts is primarily in the hands of the judge who presides at the trial. It is his duty to carefully weigh the evidence and not allow a verdict to stand if more damages are assessed than may be reasonably concluded the plaintiff will actually suffer. The appellate court’s power “over excessive damages exists only when the facts are such that the excess appears as a matter of law, or is such as to suggest at first blush, passion, prejudice, or corruption on the part of the jury. (p. 756)”
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.