Andrews’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “bears the burden of proving by a fair preponderance of the evidence that his [or her] situation has significantly changed since last his [or her] confinement was reviewed judicially, whether on the basis of new factual developments or new evidence, so as to justify his [or her] discharge or transfer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. In re Chapman

2. “'A person who seeks relief under [this] statute bears the burden of proving that his case falls within its terms,' especially where [the] statute already protects due process rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Noe, SORB No. 5340 v. Sex Offender Registry Board