Fields v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “that each and every constable so appointed, nominated, and sworn is, and they are hereby invested with, and may execute the same power and authority to all intents and purposes, as the constables within the Kingdom of England are by law invested with, and execute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Banks v. Jenkins

2. “It is from this statute that the constables derive all their powers, and by which they are put upon the footing of constables in England * * *.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Banks v. Jenkins