2004 WI App 53 - State v. Chvala’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] reasonable legislator can easily conclude by the language of this statute that directing... staff to engage in political campaign activity with state resources is inconsistent with the rights of others and is intended to obtain a dishonest advantage,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jensen · State v. Schultz

2. “Any public officer .. . who does any of the following is guilty of a Class I felony: (3) Whether by act of commission or omission, in the officer's .. . capacity as such officer.. . exercises a discretionary power in a manner inconsistent with the duties of the officer's ,.. office... or the rights of others and with intent to obtain a dishonest advantage for the officer ... or another ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2004 WI App 89 - State v. Jensen

3. “We review the constitutionality of statutes de novo, without deference to the trial court. Statutes enjoy a presumption of constitutionality and we review the statutes so as to preserve their constitutionality. A party challenging the constitutionality of a statute must demonstrate that it is unconstitutional beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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