Daly v. Multnomah County’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We are unable to assent to this construction. In Israel v. State, 8 Ind. 467 , it was held that the services of witnesses, in criminal cases, are not `particular services' within the meaning of the constitution, but are of the class of general services which every man is bound to render for his own and the general good. The Court say: `It is as much the duty and interest of every citizen to aid in prosecuting a crime, as it is to aid in subduing any domestic or foreign enemy; and it is equally the interest and duty of every citizen to aid in furnishing to all, high and low, rich and poor, every facility for a fair and impartial trial when accused; for none is exempt from liability to accusation and trial. These are matters of general interest and public concern — are vital, indeed, to the very existence of free government, and render the services of witnesses on such occasions matters of general public interest, and not particular in the sense of the constitution.'”

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