2002 UT App 305 - State v. Norris’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An appellate court's determination of whether it has jurisdiction to hear an appeal is a question of law.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Houston · State v. Tenorio

2. “[w]here there is no final written order disposing of a motion, and no appeal could otherwise ensue, a judgment inconsistent with the motion can dispose of the motion by necessary implication for purposes of granting this court jurisdiction”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Colosmio v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Salt Lake City

3. “diseretion-ary ruling that compounds a previous harmful error of law [and thus] constitutes an abuse of discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2016 UT App 151 - State v. Draper-Roberts