Cowan v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If a mistrial had been properly declared, jeopardy would not have attached and the State would be free to assert its claims before another jury * * *. “A mistrial or a new trial secured by plaintiff or defendant, continues the jeopardy and does not renew it.””

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