State v. Maxwell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Where it is practicable, a person accused of committing an offense while under the influence of liquor should be given an opportunity to submit to the test suggested by the statute [which is a voluntary submission] so as to obviate the persistent complaint that conviction should not be had on the opinion testimony of enforcement officers.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Simonsen

2. ““It is unlawful for any person who is a habitual user of narcotic drugs or any person who is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs to drive or operate any vehicles within this city.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Simonsen