Hale v. Combs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 15 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a court must refer to `the words used in enacting the statute rather than surmising what may have been intended but was not expressed.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. B.L. v. Schuhmann · Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Reker

2. “this Court” are, of course, references to Judge Goodwine herself. 4 . 28 U.S.C. § 455 (a) states: "Any justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” 5 . See Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 60(b). 6 . We acknowledge here that a factor in the analysis must take into account the community in which the judge serves. Judge Good-wine serves in Lexington, one of Kentucky’s larger urban areas. 7 . Judge Goodwine has already committed, upon proper motion, to recuse in the event the Petzolds appear before her in further litigation. 8 . CR 76.21(1) provides as follows: "If a motion for discretionary review is granted, the respondent shall then be permitted ten days thereafter in which to file a cross motion for discretionary review designating issues raised in the original appeal which are not included in the motion for discretionary review but which should be considered in reviewing the appeal in order to properly dispose of the case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Petzold v. Kessler Homes, Inc.

3. “The essence of statutory construction is to ascertain and give effect to the intent of the legislature. ‘We are not at liberty to add or subtract from the legislative enactment nor discover meaning not reasonably ascertainable from the language used.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Spencer County Preservation, Inc. v. Beacon Hill, LLC