Dodd v. Dodd’s Empirical Analysis

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26 state decisions

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

1. “"[A]ll litigants who are forced to settle disputes through the judicial process have a fundamental right under the federal constitution to be heard at a meaningful time in a meaningful manner." [ Dodd, 17 S.W.3d at 717 quoting Nichols v. Martin, 776 S.W.2d 621, 623 (Tex. App.-Tyler 1989, no writ) (citing Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371, 377-78 , 91 S.Ct. 780, 785-86 , 28 L.Ed.2d 113 (1971)), disapproved in part on other grounds by Z.L.T., 124 S.W.3d at 166 .] Thus, "[t]he right of a prisoner to have access to the courts entails not so much his personal presence as the opportunity to present evidence or contradict the evidence of the opposing party." Dodd, 17 S.W.3d at 717 . "Should the court find that the pro se ... inmate in a civil action is not entitled to leave prison to appear personally in court, then the prisoner should be allowed to proceed by affidavit, deposition, telephone, or other effective means." Id. (quoting Byrd v. Attorney General, 877 S.W.2d 566, 569 (Tex.App.-Beaumont 1994, no writ)[, disapproved in part on other grounds by Z.L.T., 124 S.W.3d at 166 ]).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. Taylor · In Re DDJ

2. “[t]he right of a prisoner to have access to the courts entails not so much his personal presence as the opportunity to present evidence or contradict the evidence of the opposing party.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re RCR · In Re DDJ

3. “(1) made findings as to the need for [appellant's] presence in light of the issues raised by appellant's pro se defendant status, and (2) determined alternate means for him to present and respond to evidence”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re ZLT