State v. Kennison’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Reasonable suspicion is a less demanding standard than probable cause not only in the sense that [it] can be established with information that is different in quantity or content than that required to establish probable cause, but also in the sense that reasonable suspicion can arise from information that is less reliable than that required to show probable cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Melanson

2. “Id. Fifth, officers observed no suspicious or incriminating activity during the surveillance. Sixth, the anonymous caller's information lacked the”

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

3. “mundane, innocent facts easily available to co-workers or friends, or to persons who might wish to harass or embarrass another.”

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