772 So. 2d 64 - State v. Brenan’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 8 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is well established that statutes are presumed to be valid, and the constitutionality of a statute should be upheld whenever possible. State v. Griffin, 495 So.2d 1306, 1308 (La.1986) (citations omitted). Because a state statute is presumed constitutional, the party challenging the statute -bears the burden of proving its 11fiunconstitutionaliiy. The attack will fail if the court .determines that a reasonable relationship between the law and the promotion or protection of a public good, such as health, safety or welfare exists. Theriot v. Terrebonne Parish Police Jury, 436 So.2d 515 (La. 1983).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 224 So. 3d 451 - Taxicab Insurance Store, LLC v. American Service Insurance Co. · George v. Christus Health Southwestern Louisiana

2. “[t]he legislature cannot make a device automatically obscene merely through the use of labels”); State v. Hughes, 246 Kan. 607 , 792 P.2d 1023 , 1031 (Kan.1990) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle