State v. Schwab’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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. “Law of the Case Doctrine Restricted. The following provisions apply if the same case is again before the appellate court following a remand: .... (2) Prior Appellate Court Decision. The appellate court may at the instance of a party review the propriety of an earlier decision of the appellate court in the same case and, where justice would best be served, decide the case on the basis of the appellate court's opinion of the law at the time of the later review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gregory

2. “[t]he plain language of RAP 2.5(c)(2) indicates that only an appellate court can revisit an earlier appellate decision in the same case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Kilgore

3. “allow[s] a prior appellate holding in the same case to be reconsidered where there has been an intervening change in the law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gregory