State v. Meader’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

44 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Constructive possession occurs when the accused maintains control or a right to control the contraband; possession may be imputed when the contraband is found in a place which is immediately and exclusively accessible to the accused and subject to his dominion and control, or to the joint dominion and control of the accused and another person.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Rose · State v. Cody Clark

2. “the Dangerous Drug Act does not indicate that the legislature intended the Board of Pharmacists to have the power, by inaction, to decriminalize the possession of all type of drugs and substances. Rather, we find that the legislature intended the original five schedules to be effective until such time as the Board and the Department took steps to carry out their statutory duties to revise and republish.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Briner · Sheriff, Clark County v. Luqman

3. “it is our duty to interpret individual sections of an act in such a manner as to ensure coordination with the other sections of the act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marsh v. Overland