7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 47 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 Hohenberg Bros. Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railroad.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hohenberg Bros. Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Anchor | green | “it is simply a search of the record to ascertain if material evidence is present to support the verdict.” | 10 |
| 2 | Knoxville Traction Co. v. Brown | green | “evidence material to the question in controversy, which must necessarily enter into the consideration of the controversy and by itself, or in connection with the other evidence, be determinative of the case.” | 10 |
| 3 | Grandstaff v. Hawks | green | “we have a duty to uphold a jury's verdict whenever possible.” | 7 |
| 4 | D. M. Rose & Co. v. Snyder | green | “we have a duty to uphold a jury's verdict whenever possible.” | 7 |
| 5 | Rondal Akers v. Prime Succession of Tennessee, Inc. | green | “the strongest legitimate view of all the evidence in favor of the verdict, assume the truth of all evidence that supports the verdict, allowing all reasonable inferences to sustain the verdict, and to discard all countervailing evidence.” | 6 |
| 6 | Ellis v. White Freightliner Corp. | green | “when the trial judge has approved the verdict, the review in the court of appeals is subject to the rule that if there is any material evidence to support the award, it should not be disturbed.” | 4 |
| 7 | City of Chattanooga v. Ballew | green | “we have a duty to uphold a jury's verdict whenever possible.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.