State v. Pigg’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If they found that the defendant was the proprietor of the place where intoxicating liquor was sold, and that such liquor was in his possession and control as proprietor and was sold with his knowledge and consent, he would be guilty of a sale, although he might not have performed the physical act of handing out the liquor to the customer himself.” (p. 620.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Caldwell