Gentile v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1868
Citation profile
1 district · 56 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently March 2016 · most notably Geer v. State of Connecticut (1896), Fountain Park Co. v. Hensler (1927)
1 district · 56 state decisions — followed in 14 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Handly's v. Anthony · Thomas v. Board of Commissioners · Stinson v. Butler · Cowden v. Kerr · Carpenter v. Montgomery
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““But the restriction is not specific as to the particular cases to which it applies, and hence it requires the exercise of legislative judgment in determining the question of its application in each case as it may arise. It is nevertheless a restriction, binding upon the conscience of every member of the body, the application of which must be judged of and determined as cases are presented, under the oath (which all the members are required to take before entering upon their duties) to support the Constitution of the state, and it cannot be presumed that the members Of that body would wilfully disregard either the restriction or their obligations to support it, in the enactment of laws.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Heckler v. Conter““ Seo. 20. The legislature shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say:” [enumerating thirteen distinct subjects.] “ Seo. 21. In all cases enumerated in the preceding section and in all other cases where a general law can be made applicable, all laws shall be general and of uniform operation throughout the State.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Evans v. Job
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.