State v. Kaster’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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[punishing as a crime] an act previously committed, which was innocent when done, [or making] more burdensome the punishment for a crime, after its commission, or [depriving] one charged with crime of any defense available according to [the] law at the time when the act was committed.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hills v. Iowa Department of Transportation & Motor Vehicle Division · Adair Benevolent Society v. State, Insurance Division of the State of Iowa

2. “Raster argues it was ... fundamentally unfair to subject him to increased and extended anxiety during the long period and to subject his fate in the prosecutions to the fact finder’s fading memories of the evidence.... Raster did not suffer a loss of liberty during the postsubmission delay. The extension of his anxiety while awaiting a result was vexing but was somewhat minimized by the relatively minor nature of the charge. Incarceration was highly unlikely. Raster’s fear that the magistrate’s memory of the evidence might fade was also a valid concern. But, especially in view of the State’s burden of proof, we cannot say he was given an unfair trial.”

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

3. “accommodates the twin demands of careful deliberation and the obvious necessity for reasonable celerity in resolving disputes,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Poole v. HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION