State v. Finlay’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'quality of mobility is as true for the trailer attached to defendant's pickup as for the pickup itself'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Crudo · State v. Crudo

2. “fail[ed] to see a significant distinction between searching containers inside a vehicle, which is permitted under the automobile exception . . . and searching containers attached to the outside of a vehicle.”

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