Masters v. Russell’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
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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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This order should not be misread. Let no one infer that this Court seeks to impede responsible and vigorous state action designed to check the flow of obscenity in our society. The Court, as well as the public, is aware of the needs in this area. But as the end does not justify the means, here basic constitutional rights may not be trampled under the banner of public morality. If the phrase “law and order” has any meaning, certainly it requires public enforcement officials to operate within the framework of our Constitution. Masters v. Russell, 308 F.Supp. 306 (M.D.Fla., filed Sept. 24, 1969).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mandell v. Carson
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.