People v. Lo Vecchio’s Empirical Analysis
1945
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
3
states following
July 1968
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cantwell v. State of Connecticut · Schneider v. State · Lovell v. City of Griffin · Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · Martin v. City of Struthers
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whoever, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, or under circumstances such that a breach of the peace may be occasioned thereby * * * congregates with others on a public street and refuses to move on when ordered by the police.”
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.