Purnell v. Lord’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “that the jury has reached a 'seriously erroneous result' or that the verdict is ... against the weight of the evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 156 F. Supp. 2d 279 - Shannon v. Fireman's Fund Insurance · U.S. East Telecommunications, Inc. v. US West Communications Services, Inc.

2. “(1) whether there is a rational connection between the restriction and the legitimate governmental interest used to justify it; (2) whether alternative avenues of exercising the right remain open to the inmate; (3) whether accommodation of the right will have an adverse impact on guards, other inmates, and prison resources generally; and (4) whether obvious, easy alternative to the restrictions exist.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rodriguez v. Ames

3. “Balancing relevance against prejudice is the province of the trial court, and its determination will not be overturned unless arbitrary or irrational.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mark Hughes v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III Daniel A. Senkowski Ronald Fuller E.W. Jones J. Stinson Richard Foster