Cronen v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The record in the instant ease showed that relator ... had an expected income of approximately $989 per month at the time of the hearing. There was also conflicting evidence regarding his willingness to get a job and thereby make a good faith effort to pay the costs of the appeal or some part thereof. Based upon the conflicting evidence presented in the record as a whole, we cannot say that the trial court’s decision to sustain the contest to relator’s affidavit was made arbitrarily and without regard for any guiding rule or principle.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Baughman v. Baughman

2. “The test for abuse of discretion is not whether, in the opinion of the reviewing court, the facts present an appropriate case for a trial court’s action. Rather, it is a question of whether the [trial] court acted without reference to any guiding rules and principles ... whether the act was arbitrary and unreasonable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. Duggan

3. “Mandamus relief is proper to correct a clear abuse of discretion when there is no adequate remedy by appeal. A court of appeals improperly issues mandamus if the trial court did not abuse its discretion or if the record fails to demonstrate the lack of an adequate remedy on appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Cervantes