Schultz 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. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses and other property, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated. No warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nevers v. State, Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles · State v. Myers

2. “The distinction that Schultz attempts to make — that the Tyler case speaks of firefighters remaining on the premises, whereas here Inspector Robinson entered shortly after the fire was under control— has no merit. The overriding concern, both in Tyler and in this case, was fire safety, i.e., discovering the cause of the fire.”

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

3. “The narrowly defined classes of cases which justify invasion of privacy without a warrant are these instances where there is a ‘compelling need for official action and no time to secure a warrant.’”

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