State v. Page’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

53 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the Court accepts the trial court's findings of fact that are supported by substantial evidence, but freely reviews the application of constitutional principles to the facts as found.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Mullins · State v. Saldivar

2. “whether, granting establishment of the primary illegality, the evidence to which instant objection is made has been come at by exploitation of that illegality or instead by means sufficiently distinguishable to be purged of the primary taint.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bigham · State v. Fairchild

3. “the brief retention of a driver’s license or other identifying paperwork during an otherwise lawful police contact is reasonable, because the intrusion upon the person’s privacy interest is minimal when compared to the valid public/governmental interests, including the officer’s need to properly identify the person with whom he is dealing, prepare accurate reports and ensure officer safety.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Matthew Elliot Cohagan