State v. Boles’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

148 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 148 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]n appellate court's standard for reviewing a decision that is asserted to be grossly unsound, unreasonable, illegal, or unsupported by the evidence.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Williams · State ex rel. Peregrine Health Servs. of Columbus, L.L.C. v. Sears, Dir., Ohio Dept. of Medicaid

2. “[n]o court -- not a trial court, not an appellate court, nor even a supreme court -- has the authority, within its discretion, to commit an error of law”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State ex rel. Peregrine Health Servs. of Columbus, L.L.C. v. Sears, Dir., Ohio Dept. of Medicaid · Wildenthaler v. Galion Community Hosp.

3. “[a]n adjudicator's failure to exercise sound, reasonable, and legal decision-making,”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State ex rel. Peregrine Health Servs. of Columbus, L.L.C. v. Sears, Dir., Ohio Dept. of Medicaid · Wildenthaler v. Galion Community Hosp.