State v. Bontz’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
January 1987
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kesler v. Department of Public Safety of Utah · State v. Avery · State v. Morris · In re Myers · State v. Breitenbach
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“while the debt on the check is a civil liability and could be satisfied by a discharge in bankruptcy, the act of writing a worthless check creates a criminal liability and is not discharged by a proceeding in bankruptcy. State v. Bontz, 192 Kan. at 161 , 386 P.2d 201 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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