State v. Gray’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Fundamental rights are “[tjhose which have their origin in the express terms of the Constitution or which are necessarily to be implied from those terms.” Black’s Law Dictionary 607 (Rev. 5th ed. 1979). In deciding whether a right alleged to be fundamental is indeed fundamental, under our Constitution, we are not limited by United States Supreme Court decisions. [[Image here]] Furthermore, we have not limited our finding of fundamental rights to those expressly stated in our constitution; this, of course, is consistent with the definition of fundamental rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ascher v. Commissioner of Public Safety

2. “cavalierly construe [the state] constitution more expansively than the United States Supreme Court has construed the federal constitution.”

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

3. “independently responsible for safeguarding the rights of [our] citizens.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jarvis v. Levine