Fehringer v. People’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 6 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Now, the nature of a thing is its essential character; that is, the sum of qualities and attributes which makes the thing what it is as distinct from others. A general allegation that the accused sold intoxicating liquor in a certain city in contravention of law certainly discloses none of the essential ingredients or attributes of the act to distinguish it from any other act of like character.””

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

2. ““Clearly, in every information or indictment charging a criminal offense, good pleading requires that sufficient facts be set forth to identify the crime from another infraction of the same law by the same defendant. This would seem essential, in order to safeguard the accused against a second prosecution for the same offense, as well as to acquaint him with what he must meet on trial.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bustamante v. People