Wierciak v. State’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. ““(e) Killed in line of duty means losing one’s life as a result of injury received in the active performance of duties as a law enforcement officer or fireman if the death occurs within one year from the date the injury was received and if that injury arose from violence or other accidental causes.” Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 48, par. 282(e).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Gidley