354 So. 2d 540 - State v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 8 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 store's security guards, who were not commissioned as police officers, detained and questioned the accused under purported authority of La.C.Cr.P. art. 215, the `shoplifters' statute. This permits `a specifically authorized employee of a merchant' to `use reasonable force to detain a person for questioning on the merchant's premises,' when there is reasonable cause (as there was here) to believe that the detained person has committed a theft of the merchant's goods held for sale. However, even though there may be probable cause for detention and inquiry, the search itself may be unreasonable in method or extent so as to go beyond the statutory authorization. "Id. at 542.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 409 So. 2d 1268 - Allen v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 551 So. 2d 18 - State v. Jones

2. “color of authority claimed by virtue of a statute that permitted private persons to use reasonable force”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 466 So. 2d 68 - State v. Coleman