Larson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a reasonable suspicion that imminent public danger exists or serious harm to persons or property has recently occurred.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Shearer v. Municipality of Anchorage · Hartman v. State, Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles

2. “it was likely that Larson would have resumed driving at some later point, and that [the officer] was not unreasonable in believing that the change of drivers did not eliminate the need to make an investigatory stop.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hartman v. State, Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles

3. “whether the requisite element of imminent danger terminated when Larson allowed an apparent stranger to drive the car in his place.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hartman v. State, Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles