Nelson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Stopping a motor vehicle and detaining the occupant constitutes a seizure within the meaning of the fourth and fourteenth amendments, even though the stop is limited and the resulting detention is quite brief. As such the stop must comport with objective standards of reasonableness, whether that amounts to probable cause or a less stringent test.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 961 So. 2d 284 - Hilton v. State

2. “Lanford does, of course, have standing to challenge the search of his person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 595 So. 2d 44 - State v. Singleton