State v. Stewart’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
31
cited by 31 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
7
states following
March 1987
most recently cited
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Swain v. State of Alabama · 22 Cal. 3d 258 - People v. Wheeler · Brulotte Et Al. v. Thys Company · Federal Trade Commission v. Textile & Apparel Group · State v. Lamb
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A law enforcement officer may arrest a person when: “(c) He has probable cause to believe that the person is committing or has committed “(2) A misdemeanor, and the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that: “(i) Such person will not be apprehended or evidence of the crime will be irretrievably lost unless such person is immediately arrested . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.