State v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Ultimately, the preservation rule is a practical one, and close calls * * * inevitably will turn on whether, given the particular record of a case, the court concludes that the policies underlying the rule have been sufficiently served.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 293 Or. App. 369 - State v. Nordholm · 290 Or. App. 121 - State v. Hollingsworth

2. “Once a court has ruled, a party is generally not obligated to renew his or her contentions in order to preserve them for the purposes of appeal.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 293 Or. App. 502 - State v. Nyquist · 246 Or. App. 91 - State v. Nelson

3. “criminal cases, in which there is a premium on considerations of cost and speed, the realities of trial practice may be such that fairly abbreviated short-hand references suffice to put all on notice about the nature of a party's arguments”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 291 Or. App. 496 - State v. Warren · 294 Or. App. 567 - State v. Dallavis