State v. Whippie’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
November 1983
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. LaPalme
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In his courtroom, the judge, as the representative of the law and of the judicial branch of our government, is the controlling authority. . . . Absent special authority from the presiding justice in extraordinary situations no one, other than duly authorized bailiffs, should be armed while appearing in court. RSA 490:4 (Supp. 1973).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. LaFrance
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.