State v. Hirschfelder’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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.

1. “A classification passes rational basis review so long as it bears a rational relation to some legitimate end.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Krp · KING CTY. DEPT. OF ADULT DETEN. v. Parmelee

2. ““ ‘The statute singles out public school employees because they have unique access to children, often in an unsupervised context, and can use that access to groom or coerce children or young adults into exploitive or abusive conduct. Given the important goals of providing a safe school environment for children and preventing the sexual exploitation of children, this distinction has a basis that is rationally related to those important and compelling government purposes.’ ” 170 Wash. 2d at 551 (quoting State v. Clinkenbeard, 130 Wash. App. 552, 567 , 123 P.3d 872 [2005]).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 48 Kan. App. 2d 264 - State v. Edwards

3. “first, all members of the class are treated alike; second, there is a rational basis for treating differently those within and without the class; and third, the classification is rationally related to the purpose of the legislation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. KING CTY. DEPT. OF ADULT DETEN. v. Parmelee