Hallis v. Hallis’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Shapero v. Kentucky Bar Assn. · Elwell v. Stone · Brown v. Commonwealth · Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District v. Bischoff · Walson v. Ethics Committee of the Kentucky Judiciary
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is a dangerous precedent to permit appellate advocates to ignore procedural rules. Procedural rules do not exist for the mere sake of form and style. They are lights and buoys to mark the channels of safe passage and assure an expeditious voyage to the right destination. Their importance simply cannot be disdained or denigrated.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“a statement with reference to the record showing whether the issue was properly preserved for review.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“). In the case at hand, Matthew's brief deviates significantly from the format mandated by CR 76.12. It does not meet the requirements set out in parts (iii), (iv), and (v) of the statute. We note that”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Koester v. Koester
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.