Conrad v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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. ““In connection with these considerations,” say the Court, “it must be observed that the mind cannot avoid the impression, after an examination of the case, that the real motive was not to benefit the highway, but to help the surrounding lands, and that the power given to the defendants, as highway officers, was made a pretext for attempting what the laws governing such officers do not warrant.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Sayers