State v. Benson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Upon an application made under 626A.36, the court may enter an ex parte order authorizing the installation and use of a pen register * * * if the court finds on the basis of the information submitted by the applicant that there is a reason to believe that the information likely to be obtained by the installation and use is relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation.”

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

2. “[A] device that records or decodes electronic or other impulses that identify the number dialed or otherwise transmitted on the telephone line to which the device is attached”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Fakler