State v. Sodergren’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * [w]e will exercise our discretion to grant certiorari only in unusual circumstances and upon rare occasions.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wright v. State · State v. Newman

2. “"(b) Whoever, except when the violation of law involves culpable neglect or criminal carelessness, unlawfully and unintentionally, but with a conscious disregard of the safety of others, causes the death of another person while engaged in the violation of any state law or ordinance applying to the operation or use of a vehicle or to the regulation of traffic, except those laws or ordinances relating to conduct set forth in subsection (a) of this section, is guilty of homicide by vehicle when the violation is the proximate cause of death and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both." (Emphasis added). § 31-5-1117(b), W.S. 1977 (Cum.Supp. 1982).”

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

3. “* * * Determining the specific legislative intent behind a particular law is somewhat akin to searching for the Loch Ness monster; submerged, lurking beneath the surface of the statute, the intent might be there — but then again, probably not. * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allied-Signal, Inc. v. Wyoming State Board of Equalization