Vann v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
July 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Grayned v. City of Rockford · Kolender v. Lawson · Douglas v. People of State of California · Robinson v. State of California
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.
“[I]n passing upon the constitutionality of a legislative act, the courts uniformly approach the question with every presumption and intendment in favor of its validity , and seek to sustain rather than strike down the enactment of a coordinate branch of the government.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“it is the recognized duty of the court to sustain the act unless it is clear beyond reasonable doubt that it is violative of the fundamental law .”
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.