196 Or. App. 665 - State v. Couch’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Thus, when ORS 498.002 declares that `[w]ildlife is the property of the state,' we may understand that the reference to `wildlife' fairly clearly is to animals ferae naturae over which the state has sovereignty, subject to the traditional qualification that the wildlife be `in a state of nature and at large,' and not previously subject to lawful capture. That always has been the extent of the state's authority to regulate `wildlife,' and nothing in the text or context of the statute suggests that the legislature intended to depart from that longstanding tradition."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Couch

2. “"Except as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule may provide otherwise, no person shall purchase, sell or exchange, or offer to purchase, sell or exchange any wildlife, or any part thereof."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Couch

3. “to prevent serious depletion of any indigenous species and to provide the optimum recreational and aesthetic benefits for present and future generations of the citizens of this state”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Couch