Baldwin v. Huber’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[to provide safety for all persons using the highways of this state by quickly revoking the driver's license of any person who has shown himself or herself to be a safety hazard by driving with an excessive amount of alcohol in his or her body ....”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rowland v. Dep't of Revenue · Rowland v. Department of Revenue

2. “[W]hen necessary to do so in order to ascertain facts affecting the substantial rights of the parties to the proceeding, the person so conducting the hearing may receive and consider evidence not admissible under [the rules of evidence] if such evidence possesses probative value commonly accepted by reasonable and prudent men in the conduct of their affairs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rowland v. Dep't of Revenue

3. “[The determinations concerning the credibility of the witnesses, the weight to be given to the evidence, and the resolution of any evidentia-ry conflicts are factual matters solely within the province of the hearing officer to decide as the trier of fact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shiplet v. Colorado Department of Revenue, Division of Motor Vehicles ex rel. Huber