Pope v. Gordon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(7) all property including, but not limited to, monies, negotiable instruments, securities, or other things of value furnished or intended to be furnished by any person in exchange for a controlled substance, and all proceeds in- eluding, but not limited to, monies, and real and personal property traceable to any exchange; (8) all monies seized in close proximity to forfeitable controlled substances, drug manufacturing, or distributing paraphernalia, or in close proximity to forfeitable records of the importation, manufacturing, or distribution of controlled substances and all monies seized at the time of arrest or search involving violation of this article. If the person from whom the monies were taken can establish to the satisfaction of a court of competent jurisdiction that the monies seized are not products of illegal acts, the monies must be returned pursuant to court order.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gowdy v. Gibson · Gowdy v. Gibson

2. “The record shows that [Gordon] did have a legitimate car detailing business that involved cash transactions. In addition, the bank records show that money in the accounts came from the car detailing business. As a result, the State failed to demonstrate how the money contained in the bank account came from illegal drug transactions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gowdy v. Gibson