Foster v. Overstreet’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This statute is an adequate and expedient procedure to review those cases where a judge has declined to disqualify himself or herself. KRS 26A.020(1) serves as a safeguard available to defendants for a determination before trial of the existence of any alleged partiality by the trial court. Second, Petitioner has a constitutional right of appeal from an adverse sentencing decision.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc. v. Saul Subsidiary I Ltd. Partnership

2. “[n]o person or collection of persons, being of one of those departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except in the instances hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. Commonwealth

3. “The general rule is that any legislation that hampers judicial action or interferes with the discharge of judicial functions is unconstitutional.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. AW v. Com.