State v. Pesson’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
41
cited by 41 later decisions
1
states following
September 1978
most recently cited
41 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Braunfeld v. Gibbons · National Labor Relations Board v. Textile Workers Union · State v. Hudson · State v. Hunter · State v. Bickham
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Conceding that it might be proper for us to take judicial cognizance of such public opinion, we find that has no bearing on the case presented here. We cannot substitute public opinion and sentiment for the affirmative pronouncements of the legislature, and are of the opinion that the argument is one which should be addressed to the legislature, or, in a specific case, to the pardon board.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Scott
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.