Morrissey v. Welsh Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “We adhere to the belief that a jury is the best-equipped entity to determine the size of a damage award.”
• “We cannot say on the record before us that there is no correlation between the large sum awarded ... and the obviously prejudicial argument made by plaintiffs] counsel”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

29 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Folz v. State
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-08-08· cited 112×
• Letz v. Turbomeca Engine Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1998-09-29· cited 86×
• Whittenburg v. Werner Enterprises Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2009-04-03· cited 57×
• Barnett v. La Societe Anonyme Turbomeca France
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1997-11-25· cited 56×
• Deborah Eich v. Board of Regents for Central Missouri State University, Department of Public Safety
  Eighth Circuit· 2004-01-26· cited 53×
• James Frazier, Cross-Appellant/appellee v. Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., Appellant/cross-Appellee
  Eighth Circuit· 2000-01-19· cited 48×
• Kilmer v. Browning
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1991-03-12· cited 38×
• In Re Disaster at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on August 16, 1987
  E.D. Michigan· 1989-09-29· cited 37×
• Stephen Jenkins, and Mary Ann Bakke v. McLean Hotels, Inc., Howard Johnson Company
  Eighth Circuit· 1988-10-19· cited 32×
• Van Johnson v. Dr. Richard K. Bowers and John R. Douglas, Co III
  Eighth Circuit· 1989-10-27· cited 30×
• Mindy Gilster v. Primebank
  Eighth Circuit· 2014-04-04· cited 24×
• Baker v. John Morrell & Co.
  N.D. Iowa· 2003-06-11· cited 22×
• McDavid v. United States
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-07-07· cited 19×
• Unnamed case
  Eighth Circuit· 1989-10-06· cited 14×
• Manus v. American Airlines, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2003-01-09· cited 13×
• Jose Gonzalez v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 2012-06-18· cited 11×
• Lopez v. Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2006-04-13· cited 10×
• Anthony Smiley v. Gary Crossley Ford, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2017-06-12· cited 10×
• Williams v. Security Nat. Bank of Sioux City, Iowa
  N.D. Iowa· 2005-02-25· cited 9×
• David T. Jordan v. Clayton Brokerage Company of St. Louis, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1991-08-20· cited 7×

Cites

43 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Smith v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 2,352×
• Hoover's Dairy, Inc. v. Mid-America Dairymen, Inc./Special Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1985-11-21· cited 246×
• E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company v. Berkley and Company, Inc., E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company v. Berkley and Company, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1980-03-17· cited 150×
• Margie P. Hollins v. Robert Lee Powell
  Eighth Circuit· 1985-09-11· cited 117×
• Means v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1977-05-12· cited 99×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,535 Harold Harris v. Union Electric Company
  Eighth Circuit· 1986-05-02· cited 95×
• Firestone v. Crown Center Redevelopment Corp.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1985-06-25· cited 92×
• Sieger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1986-10-06· cited 92×
• Hollins v. Powell
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-21· cited 89×
• Beggs v. Universal CIT Credit Corporation
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1966-12-30· cited 88×
• Warren Vanskike v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation, and Burlington Northern Railroad Company, a Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1984-01-16· cited 83×
• Marjorie Louise Dabney v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Incorporated, and Honeywell, Inc
  Eighth Circuit· 1985-05-09· cited 65×
• In re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Illinois on May 25, 1979
  Seventh Circuit· 1981-01-05· cited 65×
• Domijan v. Harp
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1960-11-14· cited 58×
• DeLong v. County of Erie
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1982-11-09· cited 58×
• Coulter v. Michelin Tire Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1981-10-06· cited 57×
• Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Reed
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1983-08-04· cited 54×
• Stark v. American Bakeries Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1983-02-23· cited 54×
• Authier v. Ginsberg
  Supreme Court· 1985-10-07· cited 52×
• Delores Taken Alive v. Melvin Litzau
  Eighth Circuit· 1977-02-23· cited 51×