State v. Brittingham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]f the material facts are not disputed, 'the question of whether to suppress evidence becomes a question of law subject to unlimited review.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Stevenson · State v. Toliver

2. “[The defendant] contends that our decision in [State v.] Smith, 243 Kan. 715 , 763 P.2d 632 [(1988)] . . . establishes that, in this State, any government employee is subject to the constitutional prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures any time that employee is acting within the scope of his or her employment.... [However, Smith held] that a government employee will be treated like a private citizen for Fourth Amendment search and seizure purposes where the person was acting outside of the scope of the employee’s governmental duties and not at the instigation of or in collusion with other government officials or agents.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 229 N.C. App. 416 - State v. Verkerk

3. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.”

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