State v. Perez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 2 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... . [A] building, structure or thing is customarily occupied by people if: (a) By reason of circumstances of time and place when the fire or explosion occurs, people are normally in the building, structure or thing; or (b) Circumstances are such as to make the fact of occupancy by persons a reasonable possibility. Because it will normally be a jury question whether the state has proved that the building, structure, or thing is”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Durant

2. “any property, whether his own or another's, and such act recklessly places another person in danger of physical injury or protected property of another in danger of damage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Durant

3. “any structure, place or thing customarily occupied by people, including `public buildings' ... and `forest land'.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Durant