Baker v. Kammerer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Because a multitude of factors may be considered by a trial judge addressing such an issue, judges are free to consider a spectrum of potential remedies. In an appropriate case, a judge might reasonably conclude that insurance evidence should be freely admitted. Another judge might choose a middle ground, allowing the identification of a witness as an agent of the defendant, but refusing to allow the disclosure that a defendant is insured. Likewise, applying the balancing test of KRE 403 might lead to the conclusion that certain insurance evidence is inadmissible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Woolum v. Hillman

2. “presentation of evidence as well as the scope and duration of cross-examination”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Davis v. Fischer Single Family Homes, Ltd.

3. “one of the most crucial goals of cross-examination”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Armstrong