207 Wis. 2d 54 - State v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 63 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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[C]ourts cannot go beyond the province of legitimate construction . . ., and where the meaning is plain, words cannot be read into it or out of it for the purpose of saving one or other possible alternative.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 215 Wis. 2d 71 - State v. Zarnke · General Casualty Co. v. Department of Revenue

2. “Although this court will strive to construe legislation so as to save it against constitutional attack, it must not and will not carry this to the point of perverting the purpose of a statute.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 215 Wis. 2d 71 - State v. Zarnke · 224 Wis. 2d 116 - State v. Zarnke

3. “(1) whether the regulated activity is in an area “permeated with criminal statutes,” and the tax aimed at individuals “inherently suspect of criminal activities”^] (2) whether an individual is required, under pain of criminal prosecution, to provide information which the individual might reasonably suppose would be available to prosecuting authorities!; and] (3) whether such information would prove a significant link in a chain of evidence tending to establish guilt.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Steven Waters v. Reagan Farr, Commissioner of Revenue for the State of Tennessee · 2006 WI App 214 - State v. Harmon