State v. Lyons’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"No person shall for any indictable offense be proceeded against criminally by information, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger; * * *."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Opinions of the Justices of the Supreme Court · In Re Opinions of the Justices

2. ““4. In time of war no elector in the military service of the State or in the armed forces of the United States shall be deprived of his vote by reason of absence from his election district. The Legislature may provide for absentee voting by members of the armed forces of the United States in time of peace. The Legislature may provide the manner in which and the time and place at which such absent electors may vote, and for the return and canvass of their votes in the election district in which they respectively reside.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gangemi v. Berry

3. “to preserve the historical and highly prized safeguard of Grand Jury action”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Opinions of the Justices