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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 41 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 Judy v. Judy.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judy v. Judy Anchor | green | “generally, appellate courts will not set aside judgments due to insubstantial errors not affecting the result.” | 16 |
| 2 | O'Leary-Payne v. R.R. Hilton Head, II, Inc. | green | “a trial court is allowed broad discretion in dealing with the range and propriety of closing argument to the jury.” | 7 |
| 3 | Judy v. Judy | green | “error is harmless where it could not have reasonably affected the result of the trial.” | 5 |
| 4 | Carson v. CSX Transportation, Inc. | green | “in an action at law, on appeal of a case tried by a jury, the jurisdiction of the appellate court extends merely to the correction of errors of law.” | 5 |
| 5 | State v. Sherard | green | “no definite rule of law governs this finding; rather, the materiality and prejudicial character of the error must be determined from its relationship to the entire case.” | 4 |
| 6 | Duncan v. Ford Motor Co. | green | “the scope of cross-examination rests largely in the discretion of the trial court.” | 4 |
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.