State v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) the reporter has information relevant and material to the offense charged or to the defense of the person charged; (b) the reporter has relevant and material information which is not available from sources not protected by the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution; (c) the defendant has attempted unsuccessfully to obtain the evidence sought from other sources less chilling of First Amendment freedoms; and (d) the evidence sought is so important that non-production thereof would result in violation of the defendant’s constitutional rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 48 Fla. Supp. 139 - State v. Beattie

2. ““This distinction is utterly irrelevant to the ‘chilling effect’ that the enforcement of these subpoenas would have on the flow of information to the press and to the public. The compelled production of a reporter’s resource materials is equally as invidious as the compelled disclosure of his confidential informants.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Petrantoni