Snow v. Rudd’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] trustee cannot take advantage of a statute of limitations defense until something has occurred to give the beneficiary a clear indication that a breach or repudiation has occurred, or, alternatively, the cireumstances must be such that [the beneficiary] must be charged with knowledge of such a repudiation or breach.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pero v. Knowlden · 611 F. Supp. 2d 1267 - Pelt v. Utah

2. “in certain cireumstances, we apply a discovery rule which benefits a plaintiff by operating to toll the period of limitations until the discovery of facts forming the basis for the cause of action.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Beaver County v. Property Tax Division of the Utah State Tax Commission · Estate of Davis v. Davis

3. “apply a balancing test to weigh the hardship imposed on the claimant by the application of the statute of limitations against any prejudice to the defendant resulting from the passage of time.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Estate of Davis v. Davis · 2011 UT App 352 - Bowen v. Bowen