Emery v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"This case presents an issue of law, which is whether or not the State of Oregon is obligated to pay just compensation to the owners of private property which is seized for use as evidence in a criminal case, and is damaged in the course of reasonably necessary tests performed in the state's investigation, and which is returned to its owners in its damaged condition when no longer needed for evidentiary purposes."”

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

2. “"The seizure of the pickup truck, the dismantling of it and the tests performed by the state on the truck and its parts were reasonably necessary in the course of the state's criminal investigation."”

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

3. “Most of [the Oregon cases] have involved flooding and erosion, but the `taking' has deprived the owner of a substantial part of his property as well as the use thereof, and usually permanently.”

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