State v. Cofone’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
3
states following
December 1984
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Carroll v. United States · Aguilar v. Texas · Brinegar v. United States · Spinelli v. United States · Beck v. State of Ohio
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Accordingly, our task is to fashion an approach which will not interrupt the free flow of information to law enforcement officials and at the same time will not bar an accused from presenting a fair defense to the crime charged.” Id. at 766 , 315 A.2d at 755 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Souza
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.