Lovato v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “met whenever it is lawful for police to detain an automobile and its occupants pending inquiry into a vehicular violation. The police need not have, in addition, cause to believe any occupant of the vehicle is involved in criminal activity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tina D. Engdahl v. The State of Wyoming

2. “reasonably relat ed in seope to the cireumstances that justified the interference in the first instance.”

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

3. “district court judgment may be affirmed on any proper legal grounds supported by the record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carl Wayne Allgier v. State