Button v. James’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Under that circumstance, we do' not undertake to develop an argument on the appellee's behaif, but rather may reverse upon an appellant's prima facie showing of reversible error.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carter v. Grace Whitney Properties

2. “Prima fa-cie error in this context is defined as, 'at first sight, on first appearance, or on the face it.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carter v. Grace Whitney Properties

3. “any order requiring [a debt- or] to pay the judgment must be based on evidence of his ability to pay.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carter v. Grace Whitney Properties