Bauer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Investigative stop. In order to obtain or verify an account of the person’s presence or conduct or to determine whether to arrest the person, a peace officer may stop any person or vehicle that is observed in circumstances that create a particularized suspicion that the person or occupant of the vehicle has committed, is committing, or is about to commit an offense.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Dawson · State v. Broken Rope

2. “an individual who is arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol is deemed to have given his consent to a chemical test for the purpose of determining the alcoholic content of his blood. Refusal to submit to a chemical test results in immediate seizure of the individual’s driver’s license and formal suspension of the driving privilege by the Department of Justice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rupp v. State, Department of Justice

3. ““A person who operates ... a vehicle [in] this state ... is considered to have given consent... to a test or tests of the person’s blood, breath, or urine .... The test or tests must be administered at the direction of a peace officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that the person has been driving .. . while under the influence!.]””

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