Ortiz v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Police officers wear many hats: criminal investigator, first aid provider, social worker, crisis intervener, family counsel- or, youth mentor and peacemaker, to name a few. They are charged with the duty to protect people, not just from criminals, but also from accidents, natural perils and even self-inflicted injuries. We ask them to protect our property from all types of losses — even those occasioned by our own negligence. They counsel our youth. They quell disputes between husband and wife, parent and child, landlord and tenant, merchant and patron and quarreling neighbors. Although they- search for clues to solve crime, they also search for missing children, parents, dementia patients, and-occasionally even an escaped zoo animal. ‘ They are society’s problem solvers when no other solution is apparent or available.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State of Tennessee v. Kenneth McCormick · 113 So. 3d 942 - State v. A.R.R.

2. “(1) the outcome of the case (or its notoriety) is of greater moment or impact within the community rather than its effect upon the law of the state, and either (a) the case is important beyond the effect it will have on the litigants or (b) will affect the ability of other potential litigants to seek their own remedies, or (2) the outcome of the case may reasonably and negatively influence the public’s perception of the judiciary’s ability to render meaningful justice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. In re Jane Doe 13-A · MARLYN TRACEY v. WELLS FARGO BANK N. A.

3. “Because of the extensive regulation of motor vehicles and traffic, and also because of the frequency with which a vehicle can become disabled or involved in an accident on public highways, the extent of police-citizen contact involving automobiles will be substantially greater than police-citizen contact in a home or office. Some such contacts will occur because the officer may believe the operator has violated a criminal statute, but many more will not be of that nature. Local police officers ... frequently investigate vehicle accidents in which there is no claim of criminal liability and engage in what, for want of a better term, may be described as community caretaking functions, totally divorced from the detection, investigation, or acquisition of evidence relating to the violation of a criminal statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 77 So. 3d 787 - DO v. State