Van Horn v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Generally speaking it may be said that “a public officer appointed as a conservator of the peace for a particular county or municipality * * * has no official power to apprehend offenders beyond the boundaries of the county or district for which he has been appointed [whether he acts under color or [sic] of a warrant or without one].” ****** Wyoming has no statute nor has this court provided a rule which serves to abrogate the common law rule of confined territorial jurisdiction for municipal peace officers.”

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

2. “(a) The authority of a police officer to make an arrest is the same as upon an arrest for a felony when the officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that the person arrested has committed any of the following offenses and the manner of making arrests shall be as in misdemeanor cases: * * * * * * (ii) Driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or any substance as prohibited by W.S. 31-5-233.”

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