People v. Garson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 3 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “rest[ed] not on a violation of the Rules alone but on the acceptance of a benefit for violating an official duty defined by the Rules. Thus, a public servant who violates a tangible duty and further `solicits, accepts or agrees to accept' a benefit for the breach, is subject to prosecution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 402 N.J. Super. 177 - State v. Thompson

2. “the People may rely on the Rules of Judicial Conduct to prove the element of a judge's `duty as a public servant.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 402 N.J. Super. 177 - State v. Thompson