People v. Dobben’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We do not lightly presume that the Legislature intended a conflict, calling into question this Court's authority to control practice and procedure in the courts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McDougall v. Schanz

2. “evaluat[ing] and fil[ing] reports where civil commitment is sought subsequent to a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 325 Mich. App. 374 - People v. Portus (In Re Portus)