Yates v. Wall’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. “It is undisputed that the magistrate was statutorily authorized to preside over the * * * hearing. What defendant has belatedly sought to challenge is the constitutionality of that statutory authorization. However, pursuant to our raise-or-waive rule, defendant has lost the opportunity to pursue that challenge in this Court since he did not bring it to the attention of the court below.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sean McKenna v. William R. Guglietta, in his capacity as magistrate of the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal

2. “We need not * * * address this constitutional challenge to the magistrate's authority because it is clear to us that applicant has failed to preserve the issue for appellate review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sean McKenna v. William R. Guglietta, in his capacity as magistrate of the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal

3. “the constitutionality of a magistrate's statutory authorization”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sean McKenna v. William R. Guglietta, in his capacity as magistrate of the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal