State v. Peters’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. “Except for ... unimproved section lines not commonly used as public rights-of-way and never altered from their natural state in any way for the purpose of facilitating vehicular passage ..., § 41-9-1 does not apply to ... hunting on highways or other public rights-of-way within this state....”

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

2. “`in ascertaining the intention of the statute, the court's interpretation should not prejudice the public interest or impair an existing right unless language within the statute requiring it to have such operation is so clear that no reasonable doubt can exist of such intention.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reis v. Miller

3. “the usual liberal construction allowing public use of section lines cannot be extended to this section line because it benefits only hunters and goes nowhere from the east end.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reis v. Miller