State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

63 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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An appellate court applying this standard should not substitute its own judgment for that of the trial court, unless 'the trial court's ruling was so wide of the mark that a manifest denial of justice resulted.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Eric G. Hanisko v. Billy Casper Golf Management, Inc. · 458 N.J. Super. 357 - State v. Outland

2. “`[A]bsent a showing of an abuse of discretion, i.e., [that] there has been a clear error of judgment,'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 458 N.J. Super. 357 - State v. Outland · Rodriguez v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

3. “at the time of its making ... [the statement] so far tended to subject declarant to civil or criminal liability, ... that a reasonable person in declarant's position would not have made the statement unless the person believed it to be true.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 419 N.J. Super. 88 - State v. McGuire