State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 2 district · 54 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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““While we as a society must endeavor to deal with the scourge of illegal drugs in a quick and effective manner, we must never sanction a solution that dispenses with the constitutional guarantees and personal liberties that have made ours the most enduring government on the face of the Earth.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Evans · 67 Ohio St. 3d 405 - State v. Evans

2. ““* * * [N]ot all personal intercourse between policemen and citizens involves ‘seizures’ of persons. Only when the officer, by means of physical force or show of authority, has in some way restrained the liberty of a citizen may we conclude that a ‘seizure’ has occurred.” “There is nothing in the Constitution which prevents a policeman from addressing questions to anyone on the streets.” Id. at 34 (White, J., concurring).”

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

3. “a reasonable person in appellant's position would have believed he was free to leave at any time, prior to his actual arrest following the discovery of contraband.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. McDonald