State v. Black’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An issue becomes moot if during the pendency of the appeal circumstances change so that the controversy is eliminated, thereby rendering the relief requested impossible or of no legal effect.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Legg · Siebach v. Brigham Young University

2. “if it (1) presents an issue that affects the public interest, (2) is likely to recur, and (3) because of the brief time that any one litigant is affected, evades review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Legg

3. “we have recognized that a judge may switch between a magistrate role and a judicial role in the same case”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Roberts