Salas v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"... when the judge finds that the patient/client after having been previously informed that communications would not be privileged, has made communications to a professional in the course of a court-ordered examination relating to the patient’s/client’s mental or emotional condition or disorder, providing that such communications shall not be privileged only with respect to issues involving the patient’s/client’s mental or emotional health. On granting of the order, the court, in determining the extent to which any disclosure of all or any part of any communication is necessary, shall impose appropriate safeguards against unauthorized disclosure.””

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. State · CV v. State

2. “"(a) Communication between a patient/client and a professional [*] is confidential and shall not be disclosed except as provided in Section 4 of this Act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gillespie v. Gillespie

3. “No person shall be committed as a person of unsound mind except on competent medical or psychiatric testimony.”

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