25 N.J. Super. 201 - State v. Ahrens’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently March 2018
9 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Winberry v. Salisbury · Town of Montclair v. Stanoyevich · Hill v. Borough of Collingswood · New York Ass'n for Blind v. Teeter · State v. Yaccarino
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We conclude that it is the intent of the rules governing procedure in the municipal court, that the magistrate or one authorized to take complaints may issue either a summons or warrant to bring before the magistrate one charged with a violation of R.S. 39:4-50. Rule 8:3-2(b) and Rule 8:3-3(a) and (b) supra. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[u]nder ... Winberry ... and In re Pfizer's Estate ..., an inconsistency that may appear in matters of procedure between the provisions of [a] statute[ ] and [a] rule promulgated by the Supreme Court is resolved in favor of the supremacy of the court rules.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“' and it is further provided that `The Complaint form shall be used in traffic cases, whether the complaint is made by a police or peace officer, or by any other person.' ( Rule 8:10-1.) Rule 8:1-3, `Definitions,' provides, inter alia `”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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