United States v. Phillips’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. “not utilize a grand jury for the sole or primary purpose of gathering evidence for use in a pending trial,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Francis · 385 N.J. Super. 350 - State v. Francis

2. “Ibid. After reviewing the documents involved in camera, the court determined that the documents were relevant to the grand jury's continuing investigation, and thus there was no abuse of the grand jury process. Ibid. Fulton and Phillips are noteworthy because they make no distinction between pre- and post-indictment conduct in stating the standard. Additionally, these cases cite other cases which set forth the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 385 N.J. Super. 350 - State v. Francis

3. “the government’s dominant purpose in obtaining the [evidence] must be to prepare for the pending trial of [defendant], an improper use of the grand jury’s broad investigatory powers.” Ibid. As the Appellate Division acknowledged, the Phillips court did not apply the dominant purpose test. Instead, as the panel noted, the Phillips”

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