Bell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “the utterance of certain grossly obscene words in public”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Marshall

2. “seditious or treasonable act towards the government.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Marshall

3. “gross violation of good morals and public decency”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Marshall