State v. Dunbar’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

140 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 140 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In order for an issue to be preserved for appellate review, it must have been raised to and ruled upon by the trial [court].”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Roddey v. Wal-Mart Stores E., L.P. · State v. Williams

2. “A party need not use the exact name of a legal doctrine in order to preserve it, but it must be clear that the argument has been presented on that ground .”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Smith · Keene v. CNA Holdings, LLC

3. “A party may not argue one ground at trial and an alternate ground on appeal.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Wilson v. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · State v. Dean