Lindsey v. State of Washington’s Empirical Analysis
301 U.S. 397 · 1937
Citation profile
309 federal appellate · 42 district · 521 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,075 later decisions (34 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2022 · most notably Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr (2001), 660 So. 2d 1189 - State Ex Rel. Glover v. State (1995)
309 federal appellate · 42 district · 521 state decisions — followed in 38 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 Calder et Wife, v. Bull et Wife. · Cummings v. The State of Missouri · Thompson v. State of Utah · Kring v. State of Missouri
Cited together with Weaver v. Graham · Miller v. Florida · Dobbert v. Florida · California Department of Corrections v. Morales · Collins v. Youngblood
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 1,075 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is plainly to the substantial disadvantage of petitioners to be deprived of all opportunity to receive a sentence which would give them freedom from custody and control prior to the expiration of the 15-year term.”
59 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““This Court, in applying the ex post facto prohibition of the Federal Constitution to state laws, accepts the meaning ascribed to them by the highest court of the state.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a convicted person may be released on parole by the board after he has served the period of confinement fixed by the board, less time credits for good behavior and diligence.”
2 later decisions 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.