State v. Graffmuller’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. ““In making an entry of the action in his docket, the justice entitled it as one between the city of Northfield as plaintiff, and the said Graffmuller as defendant, and this is assigned as error. This was undoubtedly erroneous, for the action was clearly a criminal one, in which the state was the party plaintiff, in whose behalf it was prosecuted, and it should have been so entered in his docket, according to the direction of Gen. St. c. 65, § 133. The error, however did not oust the justice of jurisdiction, nor did it in any manner prejudice the defendant. The proceedings themselves, as entered and referred to in the docket, fully disclosed the character of the action, and the parties to it. The complaint and warrant were for a misdemeanor, and the judgment corresponded therewith. It was not in favor of the city as plaintiff, but it simply adjudged the defendant guilty of the crime charged against him, and imposed a fine upon him; in accordance with the terms of the statute that created it. The record of the proceedings is sufficiently full and specific to protect him against another prosecution for the same offense.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Puyallup v. Crosby