State v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The district court shall try the appeal within six months after the filing of the notice of appeal. Any appeal pending in the district court six months after the filing of the notice of appeal without disposition shall be dismissed and the cause remanded to the municipal court for enforcement of its judgment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Village of Ruidoso v. Rush

2. “Even though Magistrate Rule 41(d) states that the magistrate court shall transmit a transcript of all proceedings to the district court [on appeal], this does not relieve defendants who are initiating the appeal of their responsibility to see that a proper transcript is forwarded.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Bernalillo v. Aragon

3. “Absent a hearing on the appeal within 6 months of the date of the notice of appeal, its [the district court's] only authority was to dismiss the appeal and remand the cause to the magistrate court for enforcement of its judgment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Village of Ruidoso v. Rush