Arnett v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 federal appellate · 4 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me. But, whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Betters · 234 N.C. App. 186 - State v. Earls

2. “There is nothing in the totality of the circumstances of Arnett’s sentencing to indicate that the trial judge used the Bible as her “final source of authority,” as found by the district court. Moreover, the Biblical principle of not harming children is fully consistent with Ohio’s sentencing consideration to the same effect. If the trial judge had actually sentenced Arnett based upon a belief that God commanded that he be “drowned in the depth of the sea,” we would expect the sentence imposed to be the maximum length possible. In reality, he was sentenced in the lower half of the sentencing range allowable under Ohio law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 234 N.C. App. 186 - State v. Earls

3. “that our society has a long history of sternly punishing those people who hurt young children.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Betters