Shoop v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1946
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 1976
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Edmonds v. State · Brockelhurst v. State · Morris v. State · Griffin v. State · Jackson v. State
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.
“The maximum penalty that may be imposed or the things authorized to be done are the controlling characteristics in determining whether an offense is a felony or a misdemeanor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Merritt v. Jones
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.