56 Kan. App. 2d 1225 - State v. Gonzalez’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'A failure—which the law will excuse—to take some proper step at the proper time (esp. in neglecting to answer a lawsuit) not because of the par[t]y's own carelessness, inattention, or willful disregard of the court's process, but because of some unexpected or unavoidable hindrance or accident or because of reliance on the care and vigilance of the party's counsel or on a promise made by the adverse party.' Black's Law Dictionary 1133 (9th ed. 2009).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 59 Kan. App. 2d 14 - State v. Louis

2. “Excusable neglect requires 'something more than unintentional inadvertence or neglect common to all who share the ordinary frailties of mankind.' Montez v. Tonkawa Village Apartments, 215 Kan. 59, 65 , 523 P.2d 351 (1974).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 59 Kan. App. 2d 14 - State v. Louis

3. “affirmative showing of excusable neglect.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 59 Kan. App. 2d 14 - State v. Louis