State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
78 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 14071 (§ 170101 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994)
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc. · Graham v. Richardson · Frontiero v. Richardson · Chapman v. United States
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Instead, the party challenging a statute's constitutionality must 'prove that the statute is unconstitutional beyond a reasonable doubt.'”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage“unless it is 'patently arbitrary' and bears no rational relationship to a legitimate government interest.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“is designed to assure that those who are similarly situated will be treated similarly.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.