State v. Shaw’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The legislature, considering its general enactments in the area of illicit drugs, has demonstrated a definite purpose of prohibiting all but the scientifically or medically necessary use of narcotics. Common sense dictates that it would never be so irrational as to legalize the sale of one species of cannabis, while proscribing the sale of another, both equally potent in terms of THC, the eu-phoriant element of marijuana.””

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

2. ““1. Cannabis. ‘Cannabis,’ sometimes called marijuana or marihuana, includes all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not . . ..””

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