Griswold v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In the absence of an abuse of discretion, we will not disturb the trial court's determination.”

   13 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wease v. State · Williams v. State

2. “(1) [t]hat the evidence has come to his knowledge since the trial; (2) that it was not owing to the want of due diligence that it did not come sooner; (3) that it is so material that it would probably produce a different verdict, if the new trial were granted; and (4) that it is not cumulative, viz., speaking to facts in relation to which there was evidence at the trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davis v. State · Eaton v. State

3. “Judicial discretion is a composite of many things, among which are conclusions drawn from objective criteria; it means exercising sound judgment with regard to what is right under the circumstances and without doing so arbitrarily and capriciously.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gould v. State · Zebadiah William Harris