State v. Mullin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A public servant commits the crime of receiving unlawful gratuities if, for having engaged in an official act which was required or authorized and for which the public servant was not entitled to any special or additional compensation, the public servant (1) solicits a benefit, regardless of value; or (2) accepts or agrees to accept a benefit having a value of $50 or more.”

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

2. “[A]ny officer or employee of government, whether elected or appointed, and any person participating as an advisor, or consultant, engaged in the service of process, or otherwise ■ performing a governmental function.”

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