Smith v. Crouse’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mapp v. Ohio · Douglas v. People of State of California · Hall v. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary · Gaitan v. United States · United States Ex Rel. Victor Link-Letter v. Victor G. Walker, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, and the State of Louisiana
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is clear that only the Supreme Court of the United States can give a definite and authoritative answer to the question whether the rule of the Douglas case is to be applied retrospectively. If so applied, however, the practical effect may well be to require the reopening of criminal cases long since finally adjudicated. We believe that, as applied to the facts before us, the contention advanced in some quarters that later decisions of a court “were always the law,” overlooks and departs from reality, and until directed by the Supreme Court of the United States to construe the Douglas case as having retrospective application — we decline to do so. ( 386 P.2d at 301 ).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Donnell v. Swenson
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.