Hansen v. White’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]hen a party appealing an issue presents an incomplete record, this Court will presume that the absent portion supports the findings of the district court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Colafranceschi v. Moody (In re Prefiling Order Declaring Vexatious Litigant) · Rome v. State

2. “[i]f a defendant is not served within 6 months after the complaint is filed, the court, on motion or on its own after 14 days' notice to the plaintiff, must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant. But if the plaintiff shows good cause for the failure, the court must extend the time for service for an appropriate period.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Crawford v. Guthmiller

3. “The inquiry into good cause must focus on the six-month time period from the filing of the complaint, and the trial court must consider the totality of the circumstances to 'determine whether the plaintiff had a legitimate reason for not serving the defendant' within that period.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Crawford v. Guthmiller