Larson v. Jesson’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “(1) whether the committed person’s course of treatment and present mental status indicate there is no longer a need for treatment and supervision in the committed person’s current treatment setting; and (2) whether the conditions of the provisional discharge plan will provide a reasonable degree of protection to the public and will enable the committed person .to adjust successfully to the community.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re the Civil Commitment of Kropp

2. “view the evidence produced at the first-phase hearing in a light most favorable to the committed person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Poole

3. “may not weigh the evidence or make credibility determinations,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Poole