Torstenson v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Zimmerman v. North Dakota Department of Transportation Director · State v. Kenner · McAdams v. McAdams · Hultberg v. Hultberg · Kahl v. DIRECTOR, NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n assessing whether there is probable cause to arrest, police officers need not have knowledge or facts sufficient to establish guilt [at trial], only knowledge that would give a prudent person reasonable grounds to believe an offense has been or is being committed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Washington
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.