State v. Hansen’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
August 1999
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Kolander · State v. Keiser · State v. Penry · State v. Jensen · State v. Nordstrom
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It was proper to allow the arson investigators, whose qualifications as experts are not questioned, to give their opinion of the origin of the fire since such opinion related to a matter apparently not within the common knowledge or experience of the jury and would aid them in deciding the case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Ritt
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.