State v. Jordan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

68 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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “is not a rigid inevitability but a prudent governor on the pace of legal change.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McCullough v. Wilson · State v. Heim

2. “[l]egislative inaction may not be the strongest indicator of specific legislative purpose . . . but it is an indicator.”

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

3. “While 'stare decisis is not an inexorable command,' this court endeavors to adhere to the principle unless clearly convinced a rule of law established in its earlier cases 'was originally erroneous or is no longer sound because of changing conditions and that more good than harm will come by departing from precedent.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Marcus v. Swanson