State v. Larson’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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, alcohol is an inherently dangerous substance which produces a number of harmful secondary effects such as alcoholism and drunk driving.... The state has a great interest in the regulation of alcoholic beverages — and the establishments in which they are sold — to prevent adverse effects on public health, welfare, and morals. Second, the Supreme Court contemplates that the illegal sale and consumption of alcohol is a matter to be treated as a public welfare or regulatory offense. In any event, the sale and consumption of alcohol is subject to a complex regulatory scheme. [Citations omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Toups v. City of Shreveport