State v. Morley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““It has been repeatedly decided that these amendments [the Fourth and the Fifth] should receive a liberal construction, so as to prevent stealthy encroachment upon or ‘gradual depreciation’ of the rights secured by them, by imperceptible practice of courts or by well-intentioned but mistakenly overzealous executive officers.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mitchell v. United States

2. “the magistrate must insert a direction therein that it be served in the daytime, unless the affidavits are positive that the property is on the person or in the place to be searched, in which case the magistrate may insert a direction that it be served at any time of the day or night.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 151 N.J. Super. 138 - State v. Carangelo

3. “the warrant should be full and complete in itself. Both as to essentials and as to direction * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 151 N.J. Super. 138 - State v. Carangelo