State v. Rand’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently May 2008 · most notably State v. True (1981), State v. Mottram (1962)
2 federal appellate · 33 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on State v. Smith · State v. Wright · State v. McKrackern · State v. Dipietrantonio · Rell v. State
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whoever unlawfully attempts to strike, hit, touch or do any violence to another however small, in a wanton, willful, angry or insulting manner, having an intention and existing ability to do some violence to such person, is guilty of an assault. If such attempt is carried into effect, he is guilty of an assault and battery.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Worrey““What intention could the respondent have had other than an evil intention to indulge his own lustful desires? By his indecent acts he violated the person and dignity of the child in a manner abhorrent to society.” (p. 84, 161 A.2d p. 854)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Towers““Although the acts proven may not constitute an offense under the indecent liberties statute ... it does not follow that they do not constitute an assault and battery.” (Emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Samson
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.