Miller v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 47 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The word, therefore, has more than one meaning. Its meaning is often dependent upon the circumstances in con nection with which it is used. Its use does not justify, in all cases, the interpretation that it signifies an arbitrary exercise of judgment; it may signify a deliberate exercise subject to other proof. “ * * * Had it [the Legislature] intended to make such possession a conclusive presumption that the liquor had been illegally acquired it could have used the word ‘conclusively’ before the word ‘deemed’.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bowers v. United States · Satcher v. Commonwealth

2. “If its language be such that its meaning is so cloudy, obscure and ambiguous that it is open to more than one construction, one of which would render it void or of doubtful validity, and the other is reasonable and in harmony with the Constitution and conforms to the general purpose of the statute and its associated provisions, then we must adopt such construction as sustains its validity. Lewis' Sutherland Statutory Construction, supra, section 498.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Floyd v. Miller

3. “to have been illegally acquired, and that alcoholic beverages in possession of any person in amounts in excess of one gallon, in containers not bearing stamps or other evidence showing that they have been purchased from an authorized seller, shall be”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2 Utah 2d 93 - Brimm v. Cache Valley Banking Co.