State v. Harrison’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"* * * [T]he statute is unconstitutional in that it sweeps within its broad scope activities that are constitutionally protected free speech and assembly. Maintenance of the opportunity for free political discussion is a basic tenent of our constitutional democracy. As Chief Justice Hughes stated in Stromberg v. California, 283 U.S. 359, 369 , 51 S.Ct. 532, 536 , 75 L.Ed. 1117, 1122 , 73 A.L.R. 1484 : `A statute which upon its face, and as authoritatively construed, is so vague and indefinite as to permit the punishment of the fair use of this opportunity is repugnant to the guaranty of liberty contained in the Fourteenth Amendment'"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 282 So. 2d 707 - State v. Brown

2. “knowingly and intentionally crowd and congregate with each other. . . and did fail and refuse to disperse and move on when requested to do so....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 282 So. 2d 707 - State v. Brown

3. “* * * the restructuring of the statute addresses itself to the Legislature”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 308 So. 2d 776 - City of Baton Rouge v. Ewing