State v. Sexton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A seizure of a person occurs under Article I, section 9, of the Oregon Constitution : (a) if a law enforcement officer intentionally and significantly restricts, interferes with, or otherwise deprives an individual of that individual's liberty or freedom of movement; or (b) if a reasonable person under the totality of the circumstances would believe that (a) above has occurred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 297 Or. App. 687 - State v. Kamph

2. “A nonexclusive list includes the content or manner of questioning or the accompanying physical acts by the officer, if those additional factors could reasonably be construed as a threatening or coercive show of authority requiring compliance with the officer's request.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 297 Or. App. 687 - State v. Kamph

3. “What distinguishes a seizure (either a stop or an arrest) from a constitutionally insignificant police-citizen encounter 'is the imposition, either by physical force or through some show of authority, of some restraint on the individual's liberty.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 291 Or. App. 762 - State v. Rosales