7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 27 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Bostrom.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State v. Bostrom Anchor | green | “the choice to submit to or refuse the test is not a constitutional right, but rather a matter of legislative grace.” | 7 |
| 2 | State v. Zwicker | green | “attaching penalties to the exercise of the statutory right of refusal is not inherently coercive where the legislature could withdraw this privilege altogether.” | 5 |
| 3 | State v. Whitman County District Court | green | “the courts of this state have not addressed the warning requirements of the implied consent law on a constitutional basis, but rather as rights granted through the statutory process.” | 3 |
| 4 | State v. Long | green | “since the right to refuse to submit to a breath test is a matter of legislative grace, the legislature may condition that right by providing that a refusal may be used as evidence in a criminal proceeding.” | 3 |
| 5 | State v. Patton | green | “carefully drawn and jealously guarded exceptions.” | 3 |
| 6 | State v. Garcia-Salgado | green | “generally requires the production of alveolar or 'deep lung' breath,” | 3 |
| 7 | State v. Gauthier | green | “if the district court is correct that the effect of mcneely is to effectively eliminate implied consent breath testing, admitting refusal evidence or imposing refusal penalties does violate the fourth amendment and article 1, section 7.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.