State v. Samalia’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “require individuals to veil their affairs in secrecy”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 194 Wash. 2d 148 - State v. Peck · State v. Muhammad

2. “In answer to the notion that a person who voluntarily abandons a physical cell phone voluntarily abandons any privacy interest in any of the voluminous data detailing potentially every aspect of that person’s life, I quote the pointed words of amicus in this case: “It would be patently absurd to suggest that abandonment of a traditional key means that warrantless access is allowed to the house it locks; the same must be true of digital keys to electronic information.” Amicus Curiae Br. of Am. Civil Liberties Union of Wash, at 11.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. K.C.

3. “A phone not only contains in digital form many sensitive records previously found in the home; it also contains a broad array of private information never found in a home in any form—unless the phone is.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State Of Washington v. Marc Mckee