Holtzman v. Goldman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The power of the trial court to deny the People further adjournment is not disputed; the error lies in the corrective action it took after it did so. Trial courts are vested with statutory power to dismiss indictments, of course, but the power is not unlimited.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Watts

2. “unsound and novel extension of the extraordinary ancient remed[y] of prohibition * * * might be a credit to man's ingenuity but a disabling discredit to the jurisprudence”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. MATTER OF PIRRO v. Angiolillo

3. “is available * * * `to prevent a court from exceeding its authorized powers in a proceeding over which it has jurisdiction'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. MATTER OF PIRRO v. Angiolillo