Winfred Overholser v. Herbert T. O'Beirne’s Empirical Analysis

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29 federal appellate · 4 district · 14 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “: To describe the theft of watches and jewelry as `non-dangerous' is to confuse danger with violence. Larceny is usually less violent than murder or assault, but in terms of public policy the purpose of the statute is the same as to both.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Doe · Jones v. United States

2. “A patient may have improved materially and appear to be a good prospect for restoration as a useful member of society; but if an “abnormal mental condition” renders him potentially dangerous, reasonable medical doubts or reasonable judicial doubts are to be resolved in favor of the public and in favor of the subject’s safety. [Citation omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Harris v. United States

3. “[T]o describe the theft of watches and jewelry as `non-dangerous' is to confuse danger with violence... . [T]he release provisions must apply in the same way and with the same force to larceny without violence as to a crime of violence until Congress speaks otherwise.”

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