47 Cal. 4th 993 - People v. Freeman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 43 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the probability of actual bias on the part of the judge or decisionmaker ... is too high to be constitutionally tolerable”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Louisiana v. Rogers Lacaze · State v. Jesse L. Herrmann

2. “[T]he due process clause should not be routinely invoked as a ground for judicial disqualification. Rather, it is the exceptional case presenting extreme facts where a due process violation will be found.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Noguera v. Davis · State v. Jesse L. Herrmann

3. “'Less extreme cases—— including those that involve the mere appearance, but not the probability, of bias——should be resolved under more expansive disqualification statutes and codes of judicial conduct.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jesse L. Herrmann · Timothy W. Miller v. Angela L. Carroll