State v. Stone’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 400th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2252 · 47 U.S.C. § 223
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · Roth v. United States · Smith v. People of the State of California · Ginsberg v. New York · Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(2) “Harmful material” means material whose dominant theme taken as a whole; (A) appeals to the prurient interest of a minor in sex, nudity, or excretion; (B) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable for minors; and (C)is utterly without redeeming social value for minors.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“justify a conclusion that the object of the search is probably on the premises.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pair v. State
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.