State v. Stovall’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 68 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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[L]aw enforcement officials do not violate the Fourth Amendment by merely approaching an individual on the street or in another public place, by asking him if he is willing to answer some questions, by putting questions to him if the person is willing to listen, or by offering in evidence in a criminal prosecution his voluntary answers to such questions.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Davila v. City of Camden · State v. Chisum

2. “[I]n determining the lawfulness of an investigatory stop, a reviewing court must 'evaluate the totality of circumstances surrounding the police-citizen encounter, balancing the State's interest in effective law enforcement against the individual's right to be protected from unwarranted and/or overbearing police intrusions.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 351 N.J. Super. 289 - State v. Richards · State v. Chisum

3. “`is a less demanding standard than probable cause and requires a showing considerably less than preponderance of the evidence.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 386 N.J. Super. 208 - State v. Elders · 393 N.J. Super. 275 - State v. Baum