State v. Ewers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The defendant Ewer deceitfully represented that he owned the golf clubs and bag in order to obtain money from the Villa-Mart Discount Department Store. He knowingly supplied the false information which the clerk placed on the refund slip. That statement was false. The refund slip further carried the false implication that defendant owned the golf clubs and bag, and that he was conveying title to them in exchange for title to and possession of the money. A writing which is fictitious in any material way can be a false token or writing. The defendant adopted as his own the refund slip, when he affixed his signature to it. The refund slip was a false token which he intended to, and did, use to perpetrate a fraud."”

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

2. “"The refund slip was the form in general used by the store. The initials of the manager were placed thereon by him, and the defendant signed his own name. All of the handwritten information was placed on the refund slip by an employe of the store. If one looked only at these facts, he would find the refund slip valid. We think, however, there are other essentials to be considered in this case."”

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