State v. Gracia’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]e do not usually address undeveloped arguments.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 1473 v. Hormel Foods Corp. · Lands' End, Inc. v. City of Dodgeville

2. “Id., ¶ 7. No one answered the door, but as the officers were about to leave, Gracia's brother arrived. The brother informed them that he and Gracia resided in the home, and that Gracia should be inside. Id., ¶ 8. The officers asked to enter the house, explaining that they were worried about Gracia's potential injuries. Id. After Gracia's brother went in the house for several minutes, he came out and told the officers that they could come inside, brought them to Gracia's bedroom door, and told them Gracia was locked inside. Id. Gracia yelled”

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

3. “when under the totality of the circumstances an objectively reasonable basis for the community caretaker function is shown, that determination is not negated by the officer's subjective law enforcement concerns.”

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