Leavitt v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A district court may summarily dismiss an application for post-conviction relief if there is no genuine issue of material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kalmio v. State · Morales v. State

2. “merely rely on the pleadings or on unsupported, conclusory allegations, but must present competent admissible evidence by affidavit or other comparable means which raises an issue of material fact.”

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

3. “reasonable minds could draw different inferences and reach different conclusions from the undisputed facts.”

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