Smith v. Byrd’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
May 2002
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State ex rel. Johnson v. Cunningham · Conroy v. Breland · Oakes v. State · Brown v. Weaver · Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Majure
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any written or printed language which tends to injure one's reputation, and thereby expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, degrade him in society, lessen him in public esteem or lower him in the confidence of the community ...”
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.