State v. Carrick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[i]mpossible standards of specificity are not required. * * * The test is whether the language conveys sufficiently definite warning as to the proscribed conduct when measured by common understanding and practices.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Garn · State v. Ross

2. “In an as-applied challenge, the challenger 'contends that application of the statute in the particular context in which he has acted, or in which he proposes to act, [is] unconstitutional.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Graves · State v. Wheatley

3. “'Under the vagueness doctrine, statutes which do not fairly inform a person of what is prohibited will be found unconstitutional as violative of due process.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ross · Mayle Bingo Co., L.L.C. v. Ohio Dept. of Pub. Safety