Carradine v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 district · 16 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) It is a key part of an arresting officer’s job to prepare a written arrest report accurately summarizing the circumstances leading to and surrounding the arrest; (b) the report typically is useful not only to the officer’s departmental superiors but also to the prosecutor in determining whether to charge the arrestee and, if so, what offense(s) to charge; (c) moreover, the police report often plays a significant role in the trial of a criminal defendant, with the prosecutor using the report to refresh the officer’s recollection and with defense counsel using the report to cross-examine and attempt to impeach the officer; and (d) the knowledge that making statements in the report subjects the officer to possible civil liability in a defamation or similar action may well deter the honest officer from fearlessly and vigorously preparing a detailed, accurate report and increase the likelihood that the officer will hesitate to prepare anything more than a bland report that will be less useful within the department and in any subsequent prosecution and trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Minke v. City of Minneapolis · Zutz v. Kamrowski

2. “Although the Johnson court indicated that proceedings of municipal councils and other subordinate bodies are not within the policy underlying absolute immunity, the Minnesota Supreme Court has since held [in Carradine ] that absolute immunity is not determined by the individual’s “rank in the executive hierarchy,” but rather is dependent on the “nature of the function assigned to the officer and the relationship of the statements to the performance of that function.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Zutz v. Nelson · Redwood County Telephone Co. v. Luttman

3. “Immunity “is not a badge or emolument of exalted office, but an expression of a policy designed to aid in the effective functioning of government. The complexities and magnitude of governmental activity have become so great that there must of necessity be a delegation and redelegation of authority as to many functions, and we cannot say that these functions become less important simply because they are exercised by officers of lower rank in the executive hierarchy.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Zutz v. Nelson · Buchanan v. Minnesota State Department of Health