Hailey v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

51 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]t is well settled that a Court of Appeals can affirm a trial court's decision on a legal theory not presented to the trial court without violating 'ordinary notions of procedural default.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Olivas v. State · Cardenas v. State

2. “[a] person commits an assault if he `intentionally or knowingly causes physical contact with another when the person knows or should reasonably believe that the other will regard the contact as offensive or provocative.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of Waco v. Williams

3. “[I]t violates `ordinary notions of procedural default' for a Court of Appeals to reverse a trial court's decision on a legal theory not presented to the trial court by the complaining party.”

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