State v. Buffington’s Empirical Analysis
1878
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently October 2023 · most notably People v. . Hayes (1894), State of Kansas v. Roberts (1915)
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 27 state decisions — followed in 13 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Goddard v. Gardner · State v. Center · Commonwealth v. Wise
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““And while the criminal code provides that the provisions of law in civil cases relative to ‘compelling the attendance and testimony of witnesses,’ and ‘their examination,’ ‘shall extend to criminal cases,’ yet it does not provide that the provisions of law in civil cases relating to the competency of witnesses and the competency of evidence shall extend to criminal cases. (The State v. Howard, 19 Kan. 509, 510 .) ” (p. 615.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is certainly true that a communication between husband and wife is a privileged communication. But it is privileged only while it remains within their custody and control, or while it remains within the custody and control of their agents or representatives, and just so far as it remains within the custody and control of themselves or their agents Dr representatives.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lloyd v. Pennie““In no case shall either [the husband or wife] be permitted to testify concerning any communication made by one to the other during the marriage, whether called while that relation existed or afterwards.” Civil Code, § 323.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lloyd v. Pennie
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.