State v. Ruttman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The substantial evidence standard ... does not apply to this proceeding. Before the trial court heard the evidence concerning restitution, [the defendant] had pleaded no contest to twelve felony counts of sales tax evasion. The question of whether he underpaid his taxes had been resolved. The only issue remaining was the amount of underpayment. As discussed previously, the standard of proof at a restitution hearing is the reasonably satisfied standard. The standard does not change regardless of the type of crime that has been committed. [[Image here]] Accordingly, we find the department’s method and its cost of goods sold percentage of 61.71 percent are clearly supported by the evidence under the reasonably satisfied standard.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Wingler