Hutt v. Hanson’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on James A. Ehret v. Deborah B. Ehret · Kristin L. Gordon v. Jeffrey M. Cheskin · Diane L. Charette v. Dale N. Charette · Doucette v. Washburn · Christine v. Violette v. Randy R. Violette
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.
“Upon review for an abuse of discretion, we ask three questions: (1) whether factual findings, if any, are supported by the record pursuant to the clear error standard; (2) whether the court understood the law applicable to its exercise of discretion; and (3) given the facts and applying the law, whether the court weighed the applicable facts and made choices within the bounds of reasonableness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.