Curtis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A concern of this Court has been that forfeiture statutes had the capacity `not only [of reaching] the property of criminals, but also ... that of innocent owners who did all they reasonably could to prevent the misuse of their property.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1994 Mercury Cougar v. Tishomingo County · 664 So. 2d 194 - Parcel Real Property v. City of Jackson

2. “(2) The standard of proof placed upon the petitioner in regard to property forfeited under the provisions of this article shall be by a preponderance of the evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1994 Mercury Cougar v. Tishomingo County · 664 So. 2d 194 - Parcel Real Property v. City of Jackson

3. “facts merely creating a suspicion that the owner had knowledge of the driver's illegal activity are inadequate to support a forfeiture.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1994 Mercury Cougar v. Tishomingo County · 735 So. 2d 407 - Galloway v. City of New Albany