802 So. 2d 1113 - Pullen v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an individual who faces involuntary commitment to a mental health facility has a liberty interest at stake”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State · 830 So. 2d 817 - State v. Goode

2. “[t]he deprivation of liberty which results from confinement under a state's involuntary commitment law has been termed a `massive curtailment of liberty.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State · 889 So. 2d 882 - Lavender v. State

3. “[v]ery rarely is the person's mental illness contested.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 843 So. 2d 898 - N.S.H. v. Florida Department of Children & Family Services · 843 So. 2d 898 - Nsh v. Florida Dcfs