State v. Guard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]e do not overrule our precedents lightly.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Rowan, George · Neese v. Utah Bd. of Pardons & Parole

2. “the age of the precedent, how well it has worked in practice, its consistency with other legal principles, and the extent to which people's reliance on the precedent would create injustice or hardship if it were overturned.”

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

3. “a rule of retroactive application to all cases pending on direct review of new rules of criminal procedure announced in judicial decisions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2016 UT App 70 - State v. Jaramillo