William M. v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
3
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gault · Estelle v. Smith · Lefkowitz v. Turley · Sheriff, Washoe County v. Smith · Salas v. Allstate Rent-A-Car, Inc.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“as the worst punishment the juvenile system is empowered to inflict”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.