Fox v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably United States v. Caruthers (2006), State v. Jefferson (1975)
4 federal appellate · 29 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 Preston v. United States · Stoner v. California · Robertson v. State · 8 Smith & H. 370 - Jones v. State · Hampton 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"`The substance of these provisions is that an officer may lawfully proceed to arrest without a warrant any person when the officer has, with reasonable cause, been led to believe that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a felony. It is essential to the protection of society that a wide discretion be vested in officers chosen to enforce our laws against felonies. It is impossible to define "reasonable cause" in terms to fit all cases arising. Each case must stand on its own facts. A narrow construction would open the way for the escape of desperate criminals and the defeat of justice. One too liberal would lead to the harassment of the innocent. But the officer may not be required to wait for assurance, for evidence which would convict; when circumstances fairly point to a felony it is his duty to act, and act promptly.'"”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The holding in the Page case applies to the facts in this case. Defendants could lawfully enter the telephone booth , which is a business house within the meaning of § 39-904, but by breaking into the money receptacle after lawful entry they would be guilty of burglary in the third degree.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[The defendants'] specific point is that the breaking [referred to in the statute] is determined from how they accomplished the entrance into the booth proper, and not by the subsequent opening of the coin receptacle. This is not the law in this State .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.