State v. Scally’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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. “[m]atters observed pursuant to duty imposed by law as to which matters there was a duty to report.”

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

2. “matters observed by police officers and other law enforcement personnel”

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