Ex Parte State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. “"it is not the province of this Court to make policy. Our function is to interpret the law. Art. III, § 43, Alabama Constitution of 1901, states: "`In the government of this state, except in the instances in this Constitution hereinafter expressly directed or permitted, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them; the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them; the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them; to the end that it may be a government of laws and not of men.' "`Courts, above all others, are charged with a very sacred duty not to encroach upon the domain of other departments of government under our constitutional system of government.' Hendrix v. Creel , 292 Ala. 541 , 545 , 297 So.2d 364 (1974). As the Alabama Supreme Court stated in Piggly Wiggly No. 208, Inc. v. Dutton , 601 So.2d 907 , 911 (Ala. 1992): "`"No branch of the government is so responsible for the autonomy of the several governmental units and branches as the judiciary. Accordingly, we have held that courts cannot and will not interfere with the discretion vested in other units or branches of government."' "Quoting Finch v. State , 271 Ala. 499 , 503 , 124 So.2d 825 (1960)."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Wilson v. State

2. “No branch of the government is so responsible for the autonomy of the several governmental units and branches as the judiciary. Accordingly, we have held that courts cannot and will not interfere with the discretion vested in other units or branches of government.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Wilson v. State

3. “Quoting Finch v. State , 271 Ala. 499 , 503 , 124 So.2d 825 (1960).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Wilson v. State