State v. Hilton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'determine real controversies relative to the legal rights of persons and properties which are actually involved in the particular case properly brought before it and to adjudicate those rights in such manner that the determination will be operative, final, and conclusive.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stano v. Pryor · In the Interest of A.E.S.

2. “'something more than that the individual members of the public are interested in the decision of the appeal from motives of curiosity or because it may bear upon their individual rights or serve as a guide for their future conduct as individuals.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 55 Kan. App. 2d 473 - Baker v. Hayden · State v. Wilson

3. “A court policy necessarily comes about through prior opinions of the court, i.e., the mootness doctrine developed through court precedent. Accordingly, our review is unlimited.”

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