786 So. 2d 521 - Mitchell v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 38 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]f the interest which is being [affected] is a fundamental interest, . . . then the means or method employed by the statute . . . must meet not only the rational basis test, but also the strict scrutiny test.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fraternal Order of Police, Miami Lodge 20 v. City of Miami · 899 So. 2d 1090 - Warren v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

2. “[T]o find that a right [of access] has been violated it is not necessary for the statute to produce a procedural hurdle which is absolutely impossible to surmount, only one which is significantly difficult. This is so because the Florida Constitution provides that "[t]he courts shall be open to every person for redress of any injury, and justice shall be administered without sale, denial or delay."... This "openness" and necessity that access be provided "without delay" clearly indicate that a violation occurs if the statute obstructs or infringes that right to any significant degree.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 883 So. 2d 847 - Henderson v. Crosby · 916 So. 2d 728 - Chandler v. Crosby

3. “[t]he courts shall be open to every person for redress of any injury, and justice shall be administered without sale, denial or delay.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 899 So. 2d 1090 - Warren v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. · 883 So. 2d 847 - Henderson v. Crosby