State v. MA’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 2015
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kent v. United States · Hill v. Lockhart · Kearing v. Teel · Vest v. Ziaee · 122 Wash. 2d 440 - State v. Furman
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the sole purpose of a decline hearing is to determine whether the best interests of the child and of society would be served by the retention of the juvenile court authority over him or whether the juvenile, under all the circumstances, should be transferred to be tried as an adult.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Hegney
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.