People v. Lloyd’s Empirical Analysis
1922
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 85 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 103 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 1977 · most notably Whitney v. People of State of California (1927), Gitlow v. People of the State of New York (1925)
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 85 state decisions — followed in 12 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 Schenck v. United States · Abrams v. United States · Frohwerk v. United States · Spies v. People · Nicholas Halter v. State of Nebraska
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 103 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In. construing an Act of the legislature, the title of the Act, the objects to be accomplished, the other provisions found in connection with those under special consideration, the provisions and arrangement of the statutes which were amended, the mode in which the amendment was introduced, as shown by the journals and records, and the history of the legislation, may all be considered.” People vs. Lloyd, 304 Ill. 23 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cote v. State““If there be any among us who wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error’ of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.” Life and Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Foreman) p. 247.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent. It is a question of proximity and degree.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Herndon v. Lowry
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.