State v. Bryant’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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. ““Our liquor code makes it unlawful to sell or possess liquor for sale without having first procured a license from the proper authority, and as a license may not be issued permitting such sale in dry territory, our legislature must have considered it unnecessary to enact a specific section applying only to the sale or possession of intoxicating liquor in such territory. “If we were to sustain appellant’s contention, then although the voters have said that liquor may not be sold in Clovis, the bridle would be off and all persons so disposed could there sell and possess liquor for sale without fear of punishment. We decline to adopt a rule that would lead to such a result.””

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