Hales v. Oldroyd’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Trial courts have broad discretion in determining discovery sanctions because trial courts must deal first hand with the parties and the discovery process.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Aspenwood, L.L.C. v. C.A.T., L.L.C. · 2012 UT App 162 - Allen v. Ciokewicz

2. “appellate courts will interfere with the exercise of such discretion only when abuse of that discretion is clearly shown.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Aspenwood, L.L.C. v. C.A.T., L.L.C. · 2003 UT App 28 - Aspenwood, LLC v. Cat, LLC

3. “'the effect of the ruling is to finally resolve the issues'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reynolds v. Woodall · McClellan v. State