Morrison v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““This sub-section, however, may be stricken, without interfering with the operation of the remainder of the statute, nor can it be said that the legislature of Florida would not have enacted this statute had it known this sub-section would be deleted. Apposite here is the reasoning of the Supreme Court of Florida, in State v. Reese, 222 So.2d 732 (1969), in striking from F.S. Sec. 847.011, F.S.A., the word ‘immoral’ as severable and leaving the rest of the statute intact. This is true, notwithstanding the fact that F.S. Sec. 847.06, F.S.A., when enacted, contained no severability clause. Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange Co., 137 So.2d 828 (Fla. 1962). Sub-section (2) is severable; the rest of the statute is left intact. The rest of F.S. Sec. 847.06, F.S.A., consisting of sub-sections (1) and (3), does not fail to provide a reasonably ascertainable standard of guilt, and is not unconstitutional on its face, as contended by Plaintiffs. Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 , 77 S.Ct. 1304 , 1 L.Ed.2d 1498 (1957); see also State v. Reese, supra.” Id. at 199.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 353 F. Supp. 593 - Miami Health Studios, Inc. v. City of Miami Beach · 377 F. Supp. 327 - Clark v. City of Fremont, Nebraska

2. ““ * * * The elements, however, need not be specifically included in the statute. They become a part of it by virtue of the Constitution of the United States, and the binding force and effect of decisions of the United States Supreme Court interpreting that Constitution. The statute, if judicially interpreted and applied in light of Memoirs and these other decisions, is constitutional, and there is no reason to believe — indeed, there is every reason to believe otherwise — that the courts of Florida, in interpreting and applying it will not follow those decisions.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hosey v. City of Jackson, Mississippi