State v. Hendrickson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 12 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““That consumption of alcohol adversely affects judgment, reduces reaction time, dulls reflexes, and diminishes inhibitions is commonly known and accepted, as well as scientifically verified. See, e. g., 2 Schwartz, Trial of Automobile Accident Cases, § 914 (3d ed. 1972).””

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

2. ““2. Relevant evidence is evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of an action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.” 1”

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

3. ““Under Section 31-10-02(84), N.D.C.C., the jury and the court were entitled to take notice ‘[o]f such matters of common knowledge and science as may be known to all men of ordinary understanding and experience.’ ””

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