State v. Ivan’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
70 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently July 2002 · most notably State v. Roth (1984), State v. Ramseur (1987)
70 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. People of State of New York · Kansas City Star Co. v. United States · Union Transfer Co. v. United States · United States Gypsum Co. v. Glander · State v. Culver
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The philosophical justification for `punishment' has divided men for centuries. Suggested bases or aims are (1) retribution, (2) deterrence of others, (3) rehabilitation of the defendant, and (4) protection of the public by isolation of the offender.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Expressed in other terms, the prevailing theme is that punishment should fit the offender as well as the offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an isolated excursion beyond the pale of the law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.