State v. Broad’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 11 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “improbable that appellant's acts would be observed by members of the public” under the following circumstances: only the police officers saw appellant after they had followed his car and found it parked on top of a hill in a dead end; although the car was parked in a residential area, there was only one house, which was “dark[;]” no evidence of any pedestrian or vehicular traffic was presented; the lights in appellant’s car were off; and the officers”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Whitney · Salt Lake City v. Roberts

2. “no persons other than the police officers saw [defendant,] and they themselves would not have seen him had they not followed him from Maunakea Street,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Salt Lake City v. Roberts

3. “A person commits a petty misdemeanor if he does any lewd act which he knows is likely to be observed by others who would be affronted or alarmed.”

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