State v. Pari’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Whoever corruptly or by threats or force, or by threatening letter or communication, endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede any grand or petit juror, or officer in or of any court of the United States, or officer who may be serving at any examination or other proceeding before any United States commission or other committing magistrate, in the discharge of his duty, or injures any such grand or petit juror in his person or property on account of any verdict or indictment assented to by him, or on account of his being or having been such juror, or injures any such officer, commissioner, or other committing magistrate in his official duties, or corruptly or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede the due administration of justice, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”

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

2. “Federal courts interpreting § 1503 have held that “prerequisite for a conviction of obstruction of justice is the pendency of a judicial proceeding which equates to an ‘administration of justice.’ ” A grand jury proceeding is such a judicial proceeding. No case interpreting § 1503 has ever extended it to conduct that was not aimed at interfering with a pending judicial proceeding. The obstruction of a government agency’s investigation will not trigger an application of § 1503. “Thus, for example, the obstruction of an ' investigation that is being conducted by the FBI or by any similar governmental agency or instrumentality, does not constitute a § 1503 violation because such agencies are not judicial arms of the government ‘administrating justice.’ ””

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

3. ““Whoever corruptly, maliciously, recklessly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, endeavors to influence, intimidate, or impede any grand or petit juror or officer in or of any court of this state, or officer who may be serving at any examination or other proceeding before any justice, master or other officer of said court, in the discharge of his duty * * * shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or both.” 1”

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