Rutter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “degree of economic dependence upon the fishery, including but not limited to percentage of income derived from the fishery, reliance on alternative occupations, availability of alternative occupations, [and] investment in vessels and gear.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Haynes v. State, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission · Wilber v. State, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission

2. “That the Commission feels it could design a better classification scheme using only one of the factors is beside the point; it is not free to substitute its judgment for that of the legislature. Once the legislature determined that percentage of income derived from the fishery, reliance on alternative occupations and investment were relevant to economic dependence, the Commission was deprived of the power to decide otherwise.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kalmakoff v. State, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission

3. “Rutter is “interested” in the number of permits issued, for his ability to fish commercially is directly affected by the number of trailers using the fishery.... That Rutter will obtain a permit does not alleviate his concern, for he is concerned that too many other applicants will also obtain permits, [emphasis in original].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johns v. Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission