State v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 6 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. “A peace officer is justified in using physical force upon another person only when and to the extent that the peace officer reasonably believes it is necessary ... [t]o make an arrest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 492 F. Supp. 2d 1230 - Ashley v. Sutton

2. “what the person reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force [by officer]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bradley