Howard v. McNeill’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1)Whether or not the person was arrested; (2) Whether or not the arresting officer had reasonable grounds to believe that the person was driving a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition; and (3) Whether or not the person refused to submit to the test.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sprouse v. Director of Revenue · Wilcox v. Director of Revenue

2. “At the time of the arrest in this case, it was clear that [McNeill] was intoxicated, and Officer Cordia was possessed of reliable information that, approximately one hour before he encountered [McNeill] he had been operating a motor vehicle and was involved in a collision. Furthermore, although [McNeill] had been permitted to seek medical attention, he did not go to the hospital, possibly in an effort to avoid being seen by neutral observers. Such facts provided Officer Cordia with ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe that [McNeill] had been intoxicated at the time of the collision and authorized the arrest. [McNeill’s] refusal warranted the Director’s order of revocation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McFall v. Director, Department of Revenue