Combs v. Lund’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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. ““This Court will not reverse a district court’s decision to grant a restraining order or to conduct a hearing absent an abuse of discretion. The district court abuses its discretion when it acts in an arbitrary, unreasonable, or unconscionable manner, when it misinterprets or misapplies the law, or when its decision is not the product of a rational mental process leading to a reasoned determination.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mitzel v. Larson · Keller v. Keller

2. “Special statutory proceedings, whether or not listed in Table A, are excluded from these rules to the extent they are inconsistent or in conflict with the procedure and practice provided by these rules.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burden v. State

3. “govern the procedure in all civil actions and proceedings in district court, except as stated in Rule 81.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burden v. State