Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-20 | Page 15 | Utah Judges Use Plenty of Words

UTAH JUDGES USE PLENTY OF WORDS It taltes the Utah supreme' court on an average of 2627 words to express its official offi-cial opinions, according to a compilation dealing with degrees of volubilitv attained by the various supreme courts o"f the land during 1914. The unknown statistician who counted the words found that of ninety-one opinions opin-ions rendered by the Utah supreme court during 1914 the average length was 3627. In North Dakota the average was 3770," but with tliat exception the Utah justices head the list for sustained verbal efforts. In California the lowest average was found. There the supreme court justices require an average of on'y 1950 w:ords In which to express themselves.