Knowlton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
3
states following
August 1980
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brinegar v. United States · Robinson v. State of California · Lanzetta v. State New Jersey · 280 F. Supp. 938 - Landry v. Daley · Ricks v. District of Columbia
Most-quoted passages
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““[A] statute which either forbids or requires the doing of an act in terms so vague that men of common intelligence must guess as to its meaning and differ as to its application ... [is void]”. Knowlton v. State, Me., 257 A.2d 409, 410 (1969).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Aucoin · State v. Sylvain
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