Jacob v. Cross’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “If an appellant fails to adequately brief an issue on appeal, the appellate court may decline to consider the argument.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2015 UT App 101 - Sivulich v. Department of Workforce Services · M.V-L. v. State

2. “every consideration that may reasonably be indulged ..., [a]s a general rule, a party who represents [herself] will be held to the same standard of knowledge and practice as any qualified member of the bar.” Jacob v. Cross, 2012 UT App 190, ¶4 , 283 P.3d 539 (per curiam) (first alteration in original) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2016 UT App 165 - Baumann v. The Kroger Company

3. “a lay[person] acting as [her] own attorney does not require the court to interrupt the course of proceedings to translate legal terms, explain legal rules, or otherwise attempt to redress the ongoing consequences of the party's decision to function in a capacity for which [she] is not trained. Judges cannot be expected to perform that function.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2016 UT App 165 - Baumann v. The Kroger Company