Alvarez v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “where a Fourth Amendment violation stems from a lack of probable cause for a DWI arrest, ... because probable cause is an affirmative statutory element of the offense of refusal and is an affirmative element for proof in the license revocation proceeding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Garibay v. State, Dept. of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles

2. “provides that the court may reverse the department's determination if the court finds that the department misinterpreted the law, acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner, or made a [factual] determination unsupported by the evidence in the record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dennis v. State, Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles

3. “that only [the arresting officer's] observations after pulling Alvarez over were relevant to the statutory inquiry whether [the arresting officer] had probable cause to arrest Alvarez for driving while intoxicated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Garibay v. State, Dept. of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles