Shuman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Those whom the state seeks to involuntarily commit to a mental institution are entitled to the protection of our Constitutions, as are those incarcerated in our correctional institutions.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 765 So. 2d 275 - Ibur v. State · 889 So. 2d 882 - Lavender v. State

2. “[t]he deprivation of liberty which results from confinement under a state's involuntary commitment law has been termed a `massive curtailment of liberty.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 889 So. 2d 882 - Lavender v. State · 802 So. 2d 1113 - Pullen v. State

3. “... An examination of section 27.54 in its entirety reflects that the enactment relates solely to operation expenses of the public defender’s offices, such as for employment of personnel and travel expenses. It is clear, therefore, that subsection (2) of the statute was intended only to prohibit counties from contributing to such operating expenses; it does not proscribe contributions for costs of appeals — those appellate expenditures which are not related to internal operation of the public defender’s office.... (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 470 So. 2d 28 - County of Seminole v. Padilla