State v. Sinclair’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]hen a fragmented Court decides a case and no single rationale explaining the result enjoys the assent of five [j]ustices, the holding of the [c]ourt may be viewed as that position taken by those [m]embers who concurred in the judgments on the narrowest grounds.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Walker

2. “we must rely on Supreme Court precedent before Williams to the effect that a statement triggers the protections of the [c]onfrontation [c]lause when it is made with the primary purpose of creating a record for use at a later criminal trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Walker

3. “rely on Supreme Court precedent before Williams to the effect that a statement triggers the protections of the [c]onfrontation [c]lause when it is made with the primary purpose of creating a record for use at a later criminal trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Walker