State v. Haase’s Empirical Analysis

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18 state decisions

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

1. “In connection with the means by which evidence may be taken, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1240 (Reissue 1989), the Legislature has defined an affidavit as a “written declaration under oath, made without notice to the adverse party,” Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1241 (Reissue 1989). For the purposes of more general use, we define an affidavit as a written or printed declaration or statement of facts, made voluntarily, and confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the party making it, taken before a person having authority to administer such oath or affirmation. . . . Obviously, a document subscribed and sworn to before a person not authorized by law to administer oaths is not an affidavit and is void as such. . . . Just as manifestly, the power of a notary to perform notarial functions is limited to the jurisdiction in which the commission issued. . . . Thus, it is clear that the original document filed as a poverty affidavit in this case was no such thing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Interest of Fedalina G.