Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
67 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably 47 Cal. 3d 112 - Walker v. Superior Court (1988), Ashton v. Brown (1995)
67 state decisions
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 Prince v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Everson v. Board of Education · Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New York · Epperson v. Arkansas · United States v. Seeger
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`be to re-draft the [enactment] under the guise of construction,'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The exemption in Maryland's immunization statute contravenes this principle of governmental neutrality regarding different religious beliefs. Section 7-402(b) permits only members or adherents of certain religions to apply for and obtain exemptions from the immunization requirement. By limiting the availability of the exemption, subsection (b) has the effect of respecting the personal religious beliefs and practices of those who happen to be members or adherents of the two faiths that have been recognized while overlooking the religious beliefs and practices of those such as the petitioner. However broadly the phrase "recognized church or religious denomination" could reasonably be construed, the statutory language certainly fails to encompass personal religious beliefs like *Page 118 Davis's which are not associated with any church or denomination. As far as the government is concerned, however, such beliefs are entitled to equal respect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The provisions of all statutes enacted after July 1, 1973 are severable unless the statute specifically provides that its provisions are not severable. The finding by a court that some provision of a statute is unconstitutional and void does not affect the validity of the remaining portions of that statute, unless the court finds that the remaining valid provisions alone are incomplete and incapable of being executed in accordance with the legislative intent.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.