283 So. 2d 708 - State v. Womack’s Empirical Analysis

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38 state decisions

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

1. “"In Hoyt v. Florida, 368 U.S. 57 , 82 S. Ct. 159 , 7 L.Ed.2d 118 (1961), the United States Supreme Court rejected an identical contention in upholding the constitutionality of a Florida statute similar to the Louisiana provision under attack here. Following Hoyt v. Florida, supra, we maintained the constitutionality of the exemption in numerous decisions. See, e. g., State v. Enloe, La., 276 So.2d 283 (1973); State v. Curry, 262 La. 280 , 263 So.2d 36 (1972); State v. Daniels, 262 La. 475 , 263 So.2d 859 (1972); State v. Reese, 250 La. 151 , 194 So.2d 729 (1967), cert. den., 389 U.S. 996 , 88 S.Ct. 485 , 19 L.Ed.2d 495 ; State v. Comeaux, 252 La. 481 , 211 So.2d 620 (1968); State v. Pratt, 255 La. 919 , 233 So.2d 883 (1970); State v. Alexander, 255 La. 941 , 233 So.2d 891 (1970), reversed on other grounds, 405 U.S. 625 , 92 S.Ct. 1221 , 31 L.Ed.2d 536 ; State v. Sinclair, 258 La. 84 , 245 So.2d 365 (1971), death sentence vacated on other grounds, 408 U.S. 939 , 92 S.Ct. 2871 , 33 L.Ed.2d 760 ; State v. Millsap, 258 La. 883 , 248 So.2d 324 (1971); State v. Amphy, 259 La. 161 , 249 So.2d 560 (1971), cert. den., 405 U.S. 1074 , 92 S.Ct. 1502 , 31 L.Ed.2d 807 . "We note the recent decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in Healy et al. v. Edwards et al., 363 F.Supp. 1110 (1973), holding the Louisiana provision for women's exemption from jury service unconstitutional. Decisions of the lower federal courts, of course, are not binding upon ”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Washington · 292 So. 2d 488 - State v. Stevenson

2. “A woman shall not be selected for jury service unless she has previously filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which she resides a written declaration of her desire to be subject to jury service.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 307 So. 2d 587 - State v. Ivy · 312 So. 2d 856 - State v. Nicholas

3. “that the person in the unexplained possession of property recently stolen is the thief.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 363 So. 2d 699 - State v. Taylor