State v. McKinney’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 29 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “DOL records are kept by a government agency for use by that agency and law enforcement. Considering the purpose for which these records are created, citizens of this state are not entitled to expect that their information is private and protected from disclosure for law enforcement purposes. Based on the historical treatment of driver's license records, the fact that these records reveal little about a person's associations, financial dealings, or movements, and the purpose for which the State compiles and maintains these records, we hold that there is no protected privacy interest in the information contained in a DOL driver's record under article I, section 7 of our state constitution.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hartford Cas. Ins. v. Swapp Law, PLLC · State v. Hathaway

2. “In 1990, the legislature clearly articulated its concern that 'indiscriminate release of the vehicle owner information [is] an infringement upon the rights of the owner and can subject owners to intrusions on their privacy.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hartford Cas. Ins. v. Swapp Law, PLLC · State v. McKinney

3. “It is now well settled that the protections guaranteed by article I, section 7 of the state constitution are qualitatively different from those provided by the Fourth Amendment. . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 157 Wash. 2d 416 - TS v. Boy Scouts of America · State v. Eisfeldt