State Ex Rel. Fox v. Cochran’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When any minor not married, may be charged with any offense and brought ■before any of the courts, including municipal courts, of this state, due notice ■of such charge prior to the trial thereof .•shall be given to the parents or guardian of such minor, provided the name and ■address of such parent or guardian may "be known to the court, or to the executive officers thereof. In the event that the name of such parent or guardian is not known or made known to the court •or executive officer or cannot be reasonably ascertained by him, then such notice shall be given to any other relative or friend whom such minor may designate.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 205 So. 2d 694 - Johnson v. State · 188 So. 2d 565 - Bell v. State

2. ““We disagree that the statute implies that it is the duty of a minor to ask that the proper person be notified. On the contrary, we think the statute clearly contemplates that the court has, or the executive officers thereof have a duty to ■ ascertain from the minor, or from other reasonably available sources of information, the names and addresses of the minor’s parents. If the minor discloses, as the relator apparently did in this case, that his parents are dead, then it is the • duty of the responsible official to inquire .as to the existence of a guardian so that he may be notified. If there is no guardian, then the minor must be asked to designate some relative or friend for the purpose of receiving such notice.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 188 So. 2d 565 - Bell v. State

3. “"* * * If, of course, the minor, upon being asked to give any of the pertinent information, should willfully withhold such knowledge, or should give false information, he would be in no position to complain of a failure to give notice, if the information could not otherwise be reasonably ascertained. * * *" At 884.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 177 So. 2d 75 - Milligan v. State