State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
23
cited by 23 later decisions
1
states following
October 1994
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Robinson v. State of California · Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. · Whitney v. People of State of California · Morey v. Doud · Hoyt v. State of Florida
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The opening statement of the state shall explain the nature of the charge, and set forth, in general terms, the nature of the evidence by which the state expects to prove the charge.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“. . . it is manifest that the state has a legitimate interest in the distribution of drugs. It is also plain that licensing is a legitimate means to that end. The providing of greater penalties for unlicensed distribution than for illegal but licensed distribution is rationally linked to the prevention of unlicensed distribution, a prime purpose of the statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.