Goodman v. E.T.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ We understand “public interest” to mean more than mere curiosity; it means something in which the public, the community at large, has some pecuniary' interest, or some interest by which their legal rights or liabilities are affected. It does not mean anything so narrow as the interest of the particular localities which may be affected by the matter in question.’ ””

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

2. “We will [decide] a moot issue, rather than dismiss the appeal, if the controversy is one of great public interest and involves the authority and power of public officials or if the matter is capable of repetition, yet evading review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Free v. G.K.S.

3. “the treating psychiatrist and another licensed physician or psychiatrist not involved in the current diagnosis or treatment of the patient”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re ET