4 Misc. 2d 913 - People v. Baldini’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “To use or attempt, or offer to use, force or violence upon or towards the person of another is not unlawful in the following cases: * * . When committed by a parent or the authorized agent of any parent, or by any guardian, master, or teacher, in the exercise of a lawful authority to restrain or correct his child, ward, apprentice or scholar, and the force or violence used is reasonable in manner and moderate in degree.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Government of the Virgin Islands v. Frett

2. “The court is also mindful of the fact that sometimes reward and good example and personal interest are much more efficacious than stern and harsh punishment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Government of the Virgin Islands v. Frett