State v. Sullens’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"*** A former judgment may be set aside and a new trial granted in an action where there has been a trial by jury on the motion of the party aggrieved for any of the following causes materially affecting the substantial rights of such party: "* * * * * "B(4) Newly discovered evidence, material for the party making the application, which such party could not with reasonable diligence have discovered and produced at the trial."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 297 Or. App. 16 - State v. Williams

2. “B(4) Newly discovered evidence, material for the party making the application, which such party could not with reasonable diligence have discovered and produced at the trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 297 Or. App. 16 - State v. Williams

3. “`When this court interprets a statute, that interpretation becomes a part of the statute as if written into it at the time of its enactment'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gaston v. Parsons