State v. Fuller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The duty of establishing and constructing highways is imposed upon municipalities by public law, and in performing this duty the town is acting only as the political agent of the state. For its own convenience it is authorized to confer this power upon certain officers whose duties are expressly and by implication prescribed by statute.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ross v. Trustees of University