State v. Savva’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

80 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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'the balance reached by the constitutional drafters, a balance in which the individual's interest in privacy outweighs the burdens imposed on law enforcement, such that those subjected to searches must be protected by advance judicial approval.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Ronald Dupuis · State v. Martin

2. “That the people have a right to hold themselves, their houses, papers, and possessions, free from search or seizure; and therefore warrants, without oath or affirmation first made, affording sufficient foundation for them, and whereby by any officer or messenger may be commanded or required to search suspected places, or to seize any person or persons, his, her or their property, not particularly described, are contrary to that right, and ought not to be granted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Bryant

3. “the social costs of eliminating the warrant requirement are simply too high. Without it, police behavior would be subjected to judicial scrutiny only in rare cases, while `[d]ay by day mischief may be done and precedents built up in practice long before the judiciary has an opportunity to intervene.'”

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