State v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
November 1981
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Avery · Ablah v. Eyman · State v. Rogers · State v. Martin · Saylors v. State Bank
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to discourage overdrafts and resulting bad banking ... to stop the practice of ‘check-kiting,’ and generally to avert the mischief to trade, commerce and banking which the circulation of worthless checks inflicts . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“and the defendant shall be discharged upon paying into court the amount of such check and the costs in said case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Breitenbach
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.