State v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 state decisions

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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “to agitate, to arouse from a state of repose, to molest, to interrupt, to hinder, to disquiet.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cox v. State of Louisiana · 369 So. 2d 1331 - State v. Huguet

2. ““First, it is asserted that the specific laws under which he was charged, tried and convicted * * * are unconstitutional in their application, for the conviction thereunder infringes upon the defendant’s right of free speech protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution which the States cannot deny its citizens because of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. “Second, the claim is made that these laws and the bills of information are too vague and general and hence violate the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. “Third, it is contended that Cox’s trial and conviction were violative of the Fourteenth Amendment for there was no evidence tending to prove the crime charged. “Fourth, it is contended that the segregated conditions in the courtroom during the trial denied Cox a fair trial in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cox

3. “with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, or under circumstances such that a breach of the peace may be occasioned thereby.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 369 So. 2d 1331 - State v. Huguet