Wells v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the issue of one's right to control one's own body, and the government's attempt to interfere with what takes place inside that body, can hardly be compared with the State's interference with the liberty of the individual inside his or her automobile.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kelver v. State

2. “his right to make an intelligent decision which pertains solely to his person and his personal safety.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 204 Cal. App. 3d 1 - People v. Coyle