Barrows v. Reddin’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Y Button · Roth v. United States · Dombrowski v. Pfister · Thornhill v. Alabama · Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Every person who ... solicits anyone to engage in or who engages in lewd or dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Every person who knowingly sings or speaks any obscene song, ballad, or other words, in any public place is guilty of a misdemeanor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“in any place where there are persons present to be annoyed thereby.”
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.