Minns v. Piotrowski’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “Cross-examination is a safeguard essential to a fair trial and a cornerstone in the quest for truth. Longstanding principles of our jurisprudence recognize the right and necessity of full and complete cross-examination.... The right to cross-examine a witness is a substantial one, and it is error to so restrict it as to prevent the cross-examining party from going fully into all matters connected with the examination in chief....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Russell Stover Candies, Inc. v. Elmore

2. “[e]vidence which is not relevant is inadmissible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. National Family Care Life Insurance Co. v. Fletcher

3. “any matter relevant to any issue in the case”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. National Family Care Life Insurance Co. v. Fletcher