Hinkle v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A record of an act, condition or event shall, in so far as relevant, be competent evidence if the custodian or other qualified witness testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation, and if it was made in the regular course of business at or near the time of the act, con dition or event, and if, in the opinion of the court, the sources of information, method and time of preparation were .such as to justify its admission.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review · Dudley v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review