State v. Skipwith’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
April 2021
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3771
Relies on North Carolina v. Alford · William Marbury v. James Madison · State v. Curcio · Vieth v. Jubelirer · State v. Brown
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is clear that the common-law writ of error was adopted by Connecticut as part of its own common law. No statute has expressly abrogated that law.... [T]he writ, at common law, lies to this court from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[I]n the absence of any constitutional provision or statute depriving this court of its common-law jurisdiction over writs of error, this court has jurisdiction ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[w]rits of error for errors in matters of law only may be brought from a final judgment of the Superior Court to the Supreme Court”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.