Rippo v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “objectively speaking, 'the probability of actual bias on the part of the judge or decisionmaker is too high to be constitutionally tolerable'”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jordan v. U.S. Dep't of Labor · State of Louisiana v. Rogers Lacaze

2. “whether, considering all the circumstances alleged, the risk of bias was too high to be constitutionally tolerable.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Echavarria v. Filson · State of Louisiana v. Rogers Lacaze

3. “[T]he Court's precedents apply an objective standard that, in the usual case, avoids having to determine whether actual bias is present. The Court asks not whether a judge harbors an actual, subjective bias, but instead whether, as an objective matter, the average judge in his position is likely to be neutral, or whether there is an unconstitutional potential for bias.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Echavarria v. Filson · 190 Conn. App. 1 - State v. Riley