State v. Labine’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Wright · State v. Thunder

2. “The specific findings of fact and conclusions supersede the memorandum and articulate the trial court’s final and determinative thoughts.... It is settled law that we do not review the trial court’s memorandum opinion unless the same is expressly incorporated in the trial court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law. Since the memorandum was not incorporated, and cannot be used, our review is limited to the findings of facts and conclusions of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Haar

3. “we review the circuit court's findings of fact under the clearly erroneous standard, [and] we give no deference to its conclusions of law [.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re HLS