State v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The learned Attorney General apparently concedes that the 1921 act did not accomplish any valid amendment of section 3248, in so far as the age of the male is concerned. This is necessarily true for at least two reasons: First, it is apparent that the General Assembly did not intend to and did not in fact authorize any such amendment; and, second, if the General Assembly did so intend, the attempted amendment could not be sustained because the title of the act did not cover any amendment as to the age of the male. State v. Walker, 309 Mo. 103 , 274 S.W. 56 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Interest of J. D. G.