State v. Armbruster’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If the words, ‘commonly used to propel motor vehicles or motors,’ be stricken from the statute and the constitutional provision, the tax would apply, according to the testimony in the record, to each gallon of alcohol manufactured in the state, to all crude oil as it comes from the wells, to ether, chloroform, kerosene, and innumerable liquids having naphtha or benzine for a base which are used for cleansing purposes, and to'a number of paint and varnish solvents. We feel quite certain that it was not the intention of their framers that the legislative and constitutional provisions in question should have such a far-reaching effect.” (Italics ours.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Nola Oil Co.