13 Neb. Ct. App. 472 - Conn v. Conn’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Although it is clear that a prisoner has no absolute constitutional right to be released from prison so that the prisoner can be present at a hearing in a civil action ... and that due process does not require the appointment of counsel to represent the prisoner in a private civil matter ... due process does require that the prisoner receive meaningful access to the courts to defend [against] suits brought against him or her."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martens v. Newman (In Re Estate of Newman)

2. “'[w]hen a person has a right to be heard, procedural due process includes ... a reasonable opportunity to refute or defend against a charge or accusation [and] a reasonable opportunity to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses and present evidence on the charge or accusation....'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martens v. Newman (In Re Estate of Newman)