State v. Swanson’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
April 1985
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Santobello v. New York · Boyd v. United States · One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. Pennsylvania · One Lot Emerald Cut Stones One Ring v. United States · Van Oster v. State of Kansas
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under the present state, of constitutional development, there can be no question but that forfeiture of an automobile is punishment for a criminal offense. It is the only way a car could be forfeited; otherwise, it would be taking property without due process of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The obvious intent of the legislature in enacting the forfeiture legislation was to deter the trafficking in narcotics ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“narcotic drug is unlawfully kept, deposited or concealed”
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.