G. v. C.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The appeal to the court of quarter-sessions, which was a superior court of general jurisdiction in criminal matters, Thatcher v. Hackett, 16 N.J. Misc. 459, 460 (Sup.Ct. 1938), was understood from an early date to entail a trial de novo by that court. State v. Bidleman, 17 N.J.L. 20 (Sup.Ct. 1839). The 1795 act has even more remote antecedents. It ultimately derived from provisions of the Elizabethan Poor Law Act of 1576, 13 Eliz. c. 3, from which it selectively copied. Dally v. Woodbridge Overseers, 21 N.J.L. 491, 493 (Sup.Ct. 1848).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. G. v. C.

2. “The Courts established by early settlers and by the Proprietors formed a portion, at least, of the basis of the judicial system of New Jersey, and a study of them throws light on a good many questions relating to the origin and jurisdiction of the courts today. The courts that were established when the two provinces were made one colony under the Crown, are the very same courts that were in operation when the Province became a State in 1776.... [1 Keasbey, Courts and Lawyers of New Jersey, 161 (1912)]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. G. v. C.

3. “... That there is merit to the point none would deny, but we are not here to consider whether or not this action should have been tried by a jury. That issue resides with the people in their capacity to amend the Constitution and abrogate the practice initiated under the common law. [Emphasis supplied]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. G. v. C.