State v. Myers’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 abuses its discretion if it acts in an arbitrary, unreasonable, or unconscionable manner, if its decision is not the product of a rational mental process leading to a reasoned determination, or if it misinterprets or misapplies the law.”

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

2. “After giving any notice it considers appropriate, the court may at any time correct a clerical error in a judgment, order, or other part of the record, or correct an error in the record arising from oversight or omission.”

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

3. “the district court's decision to amend a judgment is subject to sound judgment and will not be reversed on appeal unless there is an abuse of discretion.”

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