State v. Gaines’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “All writs, actions, suits, proceedings, civil or criminal liabilities, prosecutions, judgments, sentences, orders, decrees, appeals, rights or causes of action, contracts, obligations, claims, demands, titles, and rights existing on the effective date of this constitution shall continue unaffected. All sentences as punishment for crime shall be executed according to their terms.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 331 So. 2d 16 - State v. Kaufman

2. “effectively [prohibits] the exclusion from the jury selection process of any qualified segment of our citizenry....”

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