State v. Knox’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
August 1989
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barker v. Wingo · United States v. Marion · Costarelli v. Massachusetts · Ross v. United States · Schwartz v. Talmo
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * that a legislative classification apply uniformly to all persons similarly situated, and that the distinctions which separate those who are included in a classification from those who are not must not be arbitrary or fanciful, but rather must be natural and reasonable. Finally, the classification must be germane to a lawful objective.” (Citations omitted.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.