State v. Willis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When addressing a constitutional challenge to a statute, we presume that the statute is valid and resolve any reasonable doubts in favor of constitutionality.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wasatch County v. Okelberry · Murray City Corp. v. Robinson

2. “[W]e interpret the grant of authoiity to the legislature to regulate the lawful 'use' of arms in article I, section 6 of the Utah Constitution to include the ability to restrict convicted felons from possessing firearms.” (emphasis added)); Hansen v. Am. Online, Inc., 2004 UT 62, ¶ 14 , 96 P.3d 950 (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. University of Utah v. Shurtleff

3. “A constitutional challenge to a statute presents a question of law that we review for correctness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Murray City Corp. v. Robinson