State v. Lightle’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A request [to produce] is hardly reasonable if the object has ceased to exist by reason of valid conduct bringing about its nonexistence, such as for the making of a necessary chemical analysis. Other examples come to mind such as a blood or breath test to determine intoxication, or analysis of minute particles of any kind.” 210 Kan. at 416 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Pearson · State v. Young

2. ““Appellant also claims that the drug ‘Dilaudid’ does not come within the statutory designation of prohibited narcotics. On this point there was competent testimony that Dilaudid is Dihydromorphi-none and is a narcotic drug produced from opium. The modern dictionary definition of ‘Dilaudid’ is ‘The hydrochloride salt of dihydromorphinone.’ ‘Dihydro-morphinone’ is ‘a narcotic compound prepared from morphine and used chiefly as an analgesic.’ ‘Morphine’ is ‘the most important narcotic principle of opium.’ Of these we take judicial notice as corroborative of the testimony. Thus, it is evident that Dilaudid is a narcotic drug within the definition of K.S.A. 65-2501(18).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 420 So. 2d 851 - Felder v. State