Robinson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “anything considered to be despicable, frustrating”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. RIT v. State · 629 So. 2d 761 - BES v. State

2. “"[The First Amendment protects a significant amount of verbal criticism and challenge directed at police officers. 'Speech is often provocative and challenging' ... [But it] is nevertheless protected against censorship or punishment, unless shown likely to produce a clear and present danger of a serious substantive evil that rises far above public inconvenience, annoyance, or unrest.'" Hill, supra, 482 U.S. at 479 , 107 S.Ct. at 2509 , quoting Terminiello v. Chicago 337 U.S. 1 , 69 S.Ct. 894, 895 , 93 L.Ed. 1131 . See also Cohen, supra, 403 U.S. at 20, 91 S.Ct. at 1785.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Price v. State

3. “[i]t is a sad commentary of our modern society that law enforcement officers must be subjected to insults such as those used in the present case.”

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