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Small v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1994

Citation profile

9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
June 2001
most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 7 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Ashton v. Anderson · Spangler v. State · Kremer v. State · Schlomer v. State · Jones v. State

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. “[a] person may not ... change from one (1) traffic lane to another; unless the movement can be made with reasonable safety. Before making a movement described in this section, a person shall ... give an appropriate stop or turn signal ... if any other vehicle may be affected by the movement.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “MMOJA AJABU, on or about June 4, 1996, knowingly and forcibly resisted, obstructed or interfered with Paul McDonald, a law enforcement officer employed by the Indianapolis Police Department, while this officer was lawfully engaged in his duties as a law enforcement officer. R. at 20C.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.