Moquin v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 8 district · 68 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently May 2008 · most notably Pee v. United States (1959), Director of Patuxent Institution v. DANIELS OF PATUXENT INSTITUTION (1966)
8 federal appellate · 8 district · 68 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 Palko v. State of Connecticut · Holmes' Appeal · Eggleston v. State · State v. Shields · Robb 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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The concept [double jeopardy] clearly contemplates that the action which bars a second prosecution must be one instituted in a court which has the power to convict and punish the person prosecuted for his criminal conduct.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(a) The purposes of this subtitle are: (1) To provide for the care, protection, and wholesome mental and physical development of children coming within the provisions of this subtitle; and to provide for a program of treatment, training, and rehabilitation consistent with the child’s best interests and the protection of the public interest; (2) To remove from children committing delinquent acts the taint of criminality and the consequences of criminal behavior; (3) To conserve and strengthen the child’s family ties and to separate a child from his parents only when necessary for his welfare or in the interest of public safety; (4) If necessary to remove a child from his home, to secure for him custody, care, and discipline as nearly as possible equivalent to that which should have been given by his parents. (5) To provide judicial procedures for carrying out the provisions of this subtitle. (b) This subtitle shall be liberally construed to effectuate these purposes.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re No. 1140“contemplates an attempt to correct and rehabilitate”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. State
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.