State v. Schorr’s Empirical Analysis

1957

Citation profile

cited by 33 later decisions

states following

January 1997

most recently cited

33 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently January 1997 · most notably Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Court (1962), Downs v. Jacobs (1970)

33 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

Relationships

Relies on Collison v. State · In Re Opinions of the Justices · 31 Del. Ch. 459 - Klein v. National Pressure Cooker Co. · State Ex Rel. James v. Schorr · State v. Emerson

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

““No bill * * * shall embrace more than one subject which shall be expressed in its title.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Wilson v. State · State v. Slattery
“The Delaware constitution permits the removal of an officer who serves a fixed term in only three ways: (1) by the Governor, upon the address of two-thirds of all the members elected to the House of Representatives and the Senate, Art. Ill. Del. Const. § 13; (2) by impeachment by the House and trial by the Senate, Art. VI, Del. Const. § 2; and (3) by the Governor, upon conviction of misbehavior in office or any infamous crime, Art. XV, Del. Const. § 6. See State ex. rel Craven v. Schorr, Del.Supr., 131 A.2d 158, 166 (1957).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. New Castle County Council v. State
““He shall have power, unless herein otherwise provided, to appoint, by and with the consent of a majority of all the members elected to the Senate, such officers as he is or may be authorized by this Constitution or by law to appoint.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. Opinion of the Justices

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.