M.K. v. Doyle’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
August 2017
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Valcarce v. Fitzgerald · 2012 UT App 283 - Hale v. Big H Construction, Inc. · 2006 UT App 150 - Ellison v. Stam · Henshaw v. Henshaw · Rawlings v. Rawlings
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Credibility determinations are within the province of the [district court] judge, who is uniquely equipped to make factual findings based exclusively on oral testimony due to his or her opportunity to view the witnesses firsthand, to assess their demeanor, and to consider their testimonies in the context of the proceedings as a whole.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“view the incidents in isolation when determining whether a reasonable person in [the petitioner's] position would fear for her safety. Rather, [it] evaluate[s] whether the course of conduct considered in the context of the cireum-stances would cause a reasonable person to fear for her safety.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[f]act finders are not required to divorce themselves of common sense, but rather should apply to facts which they find proven such reasonable inferences as are justified in the light of their experience as to the natural inclinations of human beings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.