State v. Patterson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Because the conflicting statements of the court make it impossible for us to ascertain whether the court found that Patterson failed to provide sufficient evidence to generate the section 105 defense, or whether it concluded that the defense could not be applied as a matter of law, and because a defendant is entitled to a decision of the court based on the record, we must vacate and remand to allow the court to make clear its findings of fact and conclusions of law.”

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

2. “Maine does not recognize common law marriage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mark Belliveau v. Janet Whelan