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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 27 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Marcano Rivera v. Turabo Medical Center Partnership.

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1 Marcano Rivera v. Turabo Medical Center Partnership Anchor
ca1 · 2005
green “courts may only grant a judgment contravening a jury's determination when the evidence points so strongly and overwhelmingly in favor of the moving party that no reasonable jury could have returned a verdict adverse to that party.” 10
2 Osorio v. ONE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ca1 · 2011
green “the evidence presented to the jury, and all reasonable inferences that may be drawn from such evidence, in the light most favorable to the jury verdict.” 5
3 Foisy v. Royal MacCabees Life Insurance
ca1 · 2004
green “if the verdict is against the demonstrable weight of the credible evidence,” 4
4 Jennings v. Jones
ca1 · 2009
green “is much broader than its power to grant a motion for judgment as a matter of law.” 4
5 Doris Velez Vda. De Perez, Etc. v. Hospital Del Maestro, Appeal of Dr. Carmen De Leon
ca1 · 1990
green “when an argument that the evidence was insufficient forms the basis of a motion for new trial, the district court is generally well within the bounds of its discretion in denying the motion using the same reasoning as in its denial of a motion for judgment as a matter of law.” 4

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