Patten v. Green’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““When a trial court enters an order on any matter before it, responsible exercise of judicial power suggests a need for explanation of the court’s reasons. Citizens involved in court matters should know and understand, to the greatest extent possible, the reasons for what is happening to them. The public, as well as the appellate courts, should have some way to evaluate actions of a trial court. Perhaps justice should be ‘blind,’ in the sense of impartiality, but surely it should not be administered in silence or secrecy, in the sense of being done without apparent reason.” Patten v. Green, 369 N.W.2d 105 , 108 n. 1 (N.D.1985) (Meschke, J., concurring).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Federal Land Bank of Saint Paul v. Halverson

2. ““We assume from reading § 27-01-07 that the Legislature intended that a court is entitled to exercise its discretion in examining a request to proceed in forma pauperis. At the same time, the Legislature contemplated that a court would not be allowed to arbitrarily deny such a request.” Patten v. Green, 369 N.W.2d 105, 107 (N.D.1985).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ennis v. Williams County Board of Commissioners