State v. Silva’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In our view, the right to be free of “unreasonable” searches and seizures under article, I, section 5 [now section 7] of the. Hawaii Constitution is enforceable by a rule of reason which requires that governmental intrusions into the personal privacy of citizens of this State be no greater in intensity than absolutely necessary under the circumstances.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ketchum · State v. Ramos

2. “be reasonably related in scope to the circumstances which justified [the detention] in the first place,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Kaleohano · State v. Ketchum

3. “as generally allowing the police to prolong the detention of individuals subjected to brief, temporary investigative stops—once such stops have failed to substantiate the reasonable suspicion that initially justified them—solely for the purpose of performing a check for outstanding warrants.”

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