123 Wis. 2d 13 - State v. Douglas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 31 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[P]hysical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 218 Wis. 2d 180 - State v. Phillips · 177 Wis. 2d 224 - State v. Johnson

2. “It may be that it is the obnoxious thing in its mildest and least repulsive form; but illegitimate and unconstitutional practices get their first footing in that way, namely, by silent approaches and slight deviations from legal modes of procedure. This can only be obviated by adhering to the rule that constitutional provisions for the security of person and property should be liberally construed.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 177 Wis. 2d 224 - State v. Johnson · 209 Wis. 2d 559 - State v. Phillips

3. “). Moreover, as our supreme court has emphasized: The courts, including this one, have scrutinized with the greatest care claims by the state to the use of evidence seized in warrantless searches of one's home. In Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616, 635 , 6 S.Ct., 524, 534 , 29 L.Ed. 746 (1886), the United States Supreme Court gave the following admonition:”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 384 Wis. 2d 469 - State v. Faith N. Reed · 177 Wis. 2d 224 - State v. Johnson