Higgins v. Briggs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[could] not thereafter take advantage of [their] own neglect to justify a collateral attack on [the] conviction or sentence (by arguing that the requested collateral attack must be allowed since the right to appeal has expired)”

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

2. “a party has only one appeal as a matter of right from an action or proceeding commenced in either the district court or the superior court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hertz v. State · Holden v. State

3. “decision[s] of the superior court on an appeal from an administrative agency may be appealed to the supreme court as a matter of right.”

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