State v. Lowder’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[s]pecific statutes control over more general ones.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Naranjo v. Cherrington Firm, LLC · Peak Alarm Co. v. Salt Lake City Corp.

2. “(1) As used in this section, “child” means a person under the age of 14. (2) A person commits sexual abuse of a child if, under circumstances not amounting to rape of a child, object rape of a child, sodomy upon a child, or an attempt to commit any of these offenses, the actor touches the anus, buttocks, or genitalia of any child, the breast of a female child, or otherwise takes indecent liberties with a child, or causes a child to take indecent liberties with the actor or another with intent to cause substantial emotional or bodily pain to any person or with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person regardless of the sex of any participant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Tafoya-Montelongo

3. “The interpretation of a statute is a question of law, which we review for correctness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Peterson v. the Sunrider Corp.