State v. Benn’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McCoy v. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District 1 · Plan Helena, Inc. v. Helena Regional Airport Authority Board · In Re Cascade County District Court · State v. Giddings · Formicove, Inc. v. Burlington Northern, Inc.
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the mere potential impact of a conviction upon other civil obligations or proceedings does not make an appeal [of a criminal conviction] a 'definite and concrete' dispute which would satisfy justiciability requirements.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the law which has developed since [that prior case was decided] has challenged the wisdom of the policy of abating criminal proceedings upon a defendant's death.”
1 later decision 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.