Cain v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
October 2001
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Oyler v. Boles · McCleskey v. Kemp · Whitus v. State of Georgia Whitus · Hall v. State
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Thus, to prevail under the Equal Protection Clause, [the defendant] must prove that the decision-makers in his case acted with discriminatory purpose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Stephens v. State“that the prosecution engaged in a deliberative selective process of enforcement based on race.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Stephens v. State
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.