Perroni v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “The Supremacy Clause, found in Article 6 of the Constitution, provides that the Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof ... shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. LegalZoom.com, Inc. v. McIllwain

2. “Further, unless there is an objective showing of bias, there must be a communication of bias in order to require recusal for implied bias. Absent some objective demonstration by the appellant of the trial judge’s prejudice, it is the communication of bias by the judge that will cause us to reverse his or her refusal to recuse.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Davis v. State

3. “[t]he decision to recuse is within the trial court's discretion, and it will not be reversed absent abuse. An abuse of discretion can be proved by a showing of bias or prejudice on the part of the trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Barritt v. State