Gibson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1925
Citation profile
64 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently November 2005 · most notably Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdory (1944), Parker v. Amerson (1987)
64 state decisions
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 Plumley v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Schollenberger v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Paul · Ballentyne v. Wickersham · Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. State · Ex parte Pollard
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A Code implies, first, a compilation of existing laws, their systematic arrangement into chapters or articles and sections, with subheads, table of contents, and index for ready reference; second, a revision such as to harmonize conflicts, supply omissions, and generally clarify and make complete the [relevant] body of laws.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[e]ach law shall contain but one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“one of the executive officers of the state.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Parker v. Amerson
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.