Jenkins v. Croft’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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

1. “or sanction would follow from the court's failure to hold a hearing within 15 days of the filing of the petition, and determined that it was within the court's discretion to set the hearing beyond the 15 days after the petition was filed. Id. We also held that the court was not deprived of subject matter jurisdiction by the court's having set the full order of protection hearing more than 15 days in advance without a showing of good cause. Id. We noted that a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Seeley v. Anchor Fence Co.

2. “Not later than fifteen days after the filing of a petition pursuant to sections 455.010 to 455.085 a hearing shall be held unless the court deems, for good cause shown, that a continuance should be granted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Seeley v. Anchor Fence Co.

3. “Moreover, courts have concluded that statutes directing the performance of an act by a public official within a specified time are directory, not mandatory.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Seeley v. Anchor Fence Co.