Mason v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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. “There are certain constitutional due process requirements for notice of a tax sale of real property. Where a party having an interest in the property can reasonably be identified from public records or otherwise, due process requires that such party be provided notice by mail or other means as certain to ensure actual notice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kelber, LLC v. WVT, LLC · Julian S. Archuleta v. US Liens, LLC

2. “[n]o title acquired pursuant to this article shall be set aside in the absence of a showing by clear and convincing evidence that the person who originally acquired such title failed to exercise reasonably diligent efforts to provide notice of his intention to acquire such title to the complaining party or his predecessors in title.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kelber, LLC v. WVT, LLC

3. “[p]repare a list of those to be served with notice to redeem and request the State Auditor to prepare and serve the notice as provided in sections twenty-one [§ 11A-3-21 7 ] and twenty-two [ § 11A-3-22 8 ] of this article.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Julian S. Archuleta v. US Liens, LLC