McGonigle v. Combs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

111 federal appellate · 8 district · 9 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 192 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] directed verdict is proper when the evidence permits only one reasonable conclusion as to the verdict.”

   15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. James L. Kemper v. Merle Norman Cosmetics, Inc. · Miyamoto v. Otis Elevator Co 1-10

2. “We have acknowledged a limited exception to our strict interpretation of Rule 51, however. Where the district court is aware of a party's concerns with an instruction, and further objection would be unavailing, we will not require a futile formal objection.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Celia Sagrero v. City of Los Angeles Officer Garcia · Roy Guy Weaver v. Bic Corporation

3. “No party may assign as error the giving or the failure to give an instruction unless that party objects thereto before the jury retires to consider its verdict, stating distinctly the matter objected to and the grounds of the objection.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies, a California Corporation v. Centennial Bank, an Oregon Corporation, and Zirkle, Long & Trigueiro, Cpa's Carl Long · Marijan Pooshs v. Fluoroware, Inc.