State v. Beaudoin’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]o assist the appellate court in its review of designated final judgments, the trial court should give explicit reasons, either oral or written, for its determination that there is no just reason for delay. However, if the trial court fails to do so ... the appellate court cannot summarily dismiss the appeal.,.. [T]he proper standard of review for an order designating a judgment as final for appeal purposes when accompanied by explicit reasons is whether the trial court abused its discretion. If no reasons are given but some justification is apparent from the record, the appellate court should make a de novo determination of whether the certification was proper ... [I]f after examination of the record the propriety of the certification is not apparent, the court of appeal may request a per curiam from the trial judge ... [or] issue a rule to show cause to the parties requiring them to show why the appeal should not be dismissed for failure to comply with La. C.C.P. art. 1915, when the propriety of the certification is not apparent and the trial court has failed to give reasons for its certification.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 184 So. 3d 260 - Regions Bank v. Questar Exploration & Production Corp.