Pressentin v. Seaton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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. “Certainly rules are made to be followed; that is the essence of the rule of law. But the rule now before us was not a peremptory rule. It did not unequivocally provide that upon a late filing of the statement the appeal would be dismissed. It said that under such circumstances the appeal would be `subject to' dismissal. It left the door wide open to a consideration of circumstances. The situation is a familiar one in the courts, where the timely filing of notices of appeals is jurisdictional and cannot be extended or excused, but the timely filing of subsequent briefs is frequently excused, the time extended, and other measures taken to preserve the substance of the adjudicatory process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tagala v. Gorsuch

2. “discretion being implicit in the controlling rule, and no prejudice to any one having been shown or claimed, this appeal, having been timely filed, should not have been dismissed for a technical, excusable delay over one weekend in the filing of the supporting statement of reasons. 6”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Price v. Udall

3. “will subject the appeal to summary dismissal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tagala v. Gorsuch