State v. Dangerfield’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 41 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`Probable cause exists if at the time of the police action there is a well grounded suspicion that a crime has been or is being committed.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 365 N.J. Super. 127 - Delacruz v. Borough of Hillsdale · 393 N.J. Super. 476 - State v. Daniels

2. “interpreted some provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code to hold that the police may not undertake full-blown searches of a motor vehicle or its occupants based on contemporaneous arrests for minor motor vehicle violations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 375 N.J. Super. 100 - State v. Irelan

3. “afforded greater protection regarding the scope of a search incident to a lawful arrest under our State Constitution than that provided in Chimel's interpretation of the Fourth Amendment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 387 N.J. Super. 146 - State v. Oyenusi