Worthen v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 2000
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Halper · Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · United States v. Ursery · Hudson v. United States · Department of Revenue of Mont. v. Kurth Ranch
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In addition, all prisoners who escape from either of the aforesaid prisons either while confined therein, or while at large as a trusty, when apprehended and returned to the prison, shall be punishable by the prison authorities in such manner as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the prison provided that such punishment shall not be cruel or unusual. (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Campbell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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