Jones v. Schaffner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 13 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * In this event, the arresting officer, if he so believes, shall make a sworn report to the director of revenue that he has reasonable grounds to believe that the arrested person was driving a motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state while in an intoxicated condition and that, on his request, refused to submit to the test. * * * ” (Emphasis supplied)”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Logan v. Director of Revenue · Smith v. Spradling

2. ““ * * * the refusal of a motorist to submit to a chemical test upon request of the arresting officer does not amount to an automatic loss of license. Revocation occurs only if the arresting officer believes the motorist was driving while in an intoxicated condition, that upon his request the motorist refused to submit to a test, and the officer subsequently so swears in a report filed with the Director. At the time of arrest and warning, the officer is not under compulsion to file the statement. * * * ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gerlach v. Spradling

3. “[t]he decisive question is ... whether the statutory warning was given.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Logan v. Director of Revenue