State v. Nellessen’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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

1. “The federal government or a state or subdivision thereof has a privilege to refuse to disclose the identity of a person who has furnished information relating to or assisting in an investigation of a possible violation of law to a law enforcement officer or member of a legislative committee or its staff conducting an investigation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 360 Wis. 2d 493 - State v. Jessica A. Nellessen

2. “[t]he issue in dispute is whether Nellessen was aware that the marijuana was in her trunk. The question before the circuit court was therefore whether the informant might have information that bears upon that aspect of the State's case against Nellessen.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 360 Wis. 2d 493 - State v. Jessica A. Nellessen

3. “The showing need only be one of a possibility that the informer could supply testimony necessary to a fair determination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 360 Wis. 2d 493 - State v. Jessica A. Nellessen