State v. Groves’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. “It is ultimately our duty to ensure that claims that constitutional rights have been violated are properly considered. This duty arises in part from our related duty to avoid constitutional questions not necessary to the resolution of an appeal. Both these considerations create a general requirement that claims involving fundamental rights must identify the claimed right with accuracy and specificity so that our analysis proceeds on appropriate grounds. In the absence of a sufficient presentation of a claimed right, we have not hesitated in the past to reconsider and realign a party’s arguments to properly address the true constitutional question presented.”

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

2. “the passage of time may call for a less deferential standard of review as the experimental or trial nature of legislation is less evident.” Id.; see also State v. Groves, 742 N.W.2d 90, 93 (Iowa 2007) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lscp, Lllp v. Courtney M. Kay-Decker, Director, Iowa Department of Revenue