Van Zandt v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The true test, it seems to us, is whether ‘fundamental fairness’ and ‘substantial justice’ which, after all, are what is meant by 'due process of law,’ under the Fourteenth Amendment, are absent or present.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Harris · Smithson v. State

2. “A record of an act, condition or event, shall, insofar as relevant, be competent evidence if the custodian or other qualified witness, testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation, and if it was made in the regular course of business, at or near the time of the act, condition or event, and if, in the opinion of the court, the sources of information, method and time of preparation were such as to justify its admission.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Willis v. Smith

3. “* * * A holding of two days, nothing else appearing, does not violate due process or § 40-604. Dupes v. State, 209 Tenn. 506 , 354 S.W.2d 453 (1962); East v. State, 197 Tenn. 644 , 277 S.W.2d 361 (1955).”

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