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Orton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1860

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
June 2018
most recently cited

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “elected for the purpose of prosecuting and defending all suits for or against the State.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “protect and guard the interests and rights of the people”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.