LaBrake v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a defendant's] assertions concerning the legal effect or categorization of the underlying occurrences [nor a defendant's] concluso-ry assertions concerning the ultimate facts to be decided.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. David v. State · Marshall v. State

2. “[A] court deciding a motion for judgement on the pleadings need not assume the truth of the [party's] conclusions of law, nor the truth of the [party's] assertions concerning facts that are legally impossible, or the party's assertions concerning matters that would not be admissible in evidence. Moreover, the court need not assume the truth of assertions that are patently false or unfounded, based on the existing record or based on the court's own judicial notice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. David v. State · Angasan v. State

3. “[When the superior court decides whether the defendant's petition states a prima facie case for relief, the superior court is obliged to view the factual allegations of the defendant's petition in the light most favorable to the defendant.”

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