State v. LaFlam’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
3
states following
October 2021
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Robertson · State v. Grega · Pete v. State · State v. Brooks · State v. Barnett
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]here must be a direct link between the crime and the restitution.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the sole standard for causation for restitution in Vermont”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a direct link between the loss for which restitution is ordered and the conduct for which defendant has been convicted,”
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.