People v. Tow’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the act carefully defines different types of offenses in detail.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Clanton · People v. Montante

2. “[this broad language suggests that in adopting specific penal provisions in the Liquor Code, the General Assembly exercised the full police power of the state and considered the full range of possible sance-tions in selecting those most appropriate for violations of the Liquor Code.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Montante

3. “do[ ] not contain a complete and exclusive list of offenses and sanctions flowing from acts committed in the course of unlawfully evading motor vehicle taxes”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Clanton