State v. Farris’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. “This being a power conferred upon the Supreme Court by the constitution, it might be an interesting inquiry whether such power could be taken away or abridged by an act of the legislature; but, as we are not aware of any statute by which the legislature has undertaken either to abridge or take away such power from this court, we do not deem it either necessary or proper to enter upon such inquiry at this time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Whitener

2. “it shall not be lawful for any Justice of the Supreme Court, or any Circuit Judge of this State, pending an appeal to the Supreme Court, to grant bail to any person who shall have been convicted of any offense the punishment whereof is death, or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for any term exceeding ten years.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Whitener

3. “The Supreme Court shall have power to issue writs or orders of injunction, mandamus, quo warranto, prohibition, certiorari, habeas corpus, and other original and remedial writs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Whitener