Ratliff v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the belief that the vehicle posed some threat or harm to the community or was itself imperiled was consistent with objective standards of sound policing, and ... the decision to combat that threat by impoundment was in keeping with established departmental routine or regulation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Howard v. State · Gonser v. State

2. “When a search is conducted without a warrant, the State has the burden of proving that an exception to the warrant requirement existed at the time of the search.”

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

3. “An impoundment is warranted when it is part of 'routine administrative caretaking functions' of the police or when it is authorized by state statute.”

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