State v. Granger’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws. No law shall discriminate against a person because of race or religious ideas, beliefs, or affiliations. No law shall arbitrarily, capriciously, or unreasonably | ^discriminate against a person because of birth, age, sex, culture, physical condition, or political ideas or affiliations. Slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited, except in the latter case as punishment for crime.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rhone v. Ward · 50 So. 3d 115 - State v. Cooper

2. “the district, parish, or city court in which the violation was prosecuted or to the district court located in the parish in which he was arrested”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 84 So. 3d 687 - City of Lafayette v. Wofford

3. “the party challenging the validity of a statute generally has the burden of proving unconstitutionality.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 246 So. 3d 686 - Pesnell v. Sessions