Clark v. State’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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A prison entrance is the functional equivalent of a border because it is an official boundary where traffic may conveniently be stopped and inspected. An inspection may reveal contraband, enabling officials to stop contraband at the border instead of having to detect illegal goods once dispersed inside the border. The inspection, however, must be reasonable and must not violate Fourth Amendment rights of the individual who crosses the boundary.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mitchell v. Department of Corrections

2. “of delegation must be determined within the practical context of the problem. State v. Griffin, 239 So.2d 577 (Fla. 1970). In Griffin this Court recognized that where direct legislative supervision is impractical, detailed legislation may also be impractical. A prison, unlike most regulated agencies and departments, cannot be run by procedures carefully detailed by”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 402 So. 2d 402 - Wells v. State

3. “When appellant brought marijuana into the prison, his conduct was clearly illegal and proscribed in understandable terms.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Greenway v. State