Doe v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 16 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 16901 (Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006) · 42 U.S.C. § 16911
Relies on Lockhart v. Fretwell · Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · Kansas v. Hendricks · Hudson v. United States · Smith v. Doe
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'only the clearest proof' will suffice to override legislative intent and transform what has been denominated a civil remedy into a criminal penalty,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. N.R.“such arbitrariness is inherently retributive”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. N.R.
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.