Clegg v. WASATCH COUNTY’s Empirical Analysis

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18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[TJo preserve an issue for appellate review, a party must first raise the issue in the trial court, because a trial court must be offered an opportunity to rule on an issue.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Stapley · 2010 UT App 339 - In Re Guardianship of Ef

2. “A summary judgment movant, on an issue where the nonmoving party will bear the burden of proof at trial, may satisfy its burden on summary judgment by showing, by reference to 'the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any,' that there is no genuine issue of material fact. Upon such a showing, whether or not supported by additional affirmative factual evidence, the burden then shifts to the nonmoving party, who 'may not rest upon the mere allegations or denials of the pleadings,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. MacKey Price Thompson & Ostler

3. “Indeed, where any direction we may provide ... may ultimately prove to be irrelevant, or where there are possible cireumstances under which we would not need to address [a constitutional claim], to do so would be to impermissibly render an advisory opinion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Velasquez v. Harman-Mont & Theda, Inc.