State v. Rowland’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
January 1975
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Thornhill · State v. Terry · State v. Jones · State v. Boudreaux · State v. Magee
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"A homicide is justifiable: (1) When committed in self-defense by one who reasonably believes that he is in imminent danger of losing his life or receiving great bodily harm and that the killing is necessary to save himself from that danger; or”
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.