State v. Springer’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 1988
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist · 15 Md. App. 713 - Lightman v. State · Lightman v. State · State v. Hohman · State v. Benjamin
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“' Unless the patient waives the privilege or unless the privilege is waived by an express provision of law, a person authorized to practice medicine or dentistry, a registered professional or licensed practical nurse, . . . shall not be allowed to disclose any information which [she] acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity, and which was necessary to enable [her] to act in that capacity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Sweet · State v. SEET
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.