State v. White’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

42 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “determine whether the statute is remedial, in which case retroactive application is permitted, or substantive, in which case retroactive application is forbidden.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gloff · Toledo City School Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. State Bd. of Edn.

2. “R.C. 2929.06(B) applies where an aggravated-murder conviction with a death specification has been affirmed, but the death sentence has been set aside for legal error, when the error infects and thus invalidates the sentencing phase of the trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Golsby · State v. Goff

3. “[t]he general assembly shall have no power to pass retroactive laws * * *.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Toledo City School Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. State Bd. of Edn. · State v. Hubbard