State v. West’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

50 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The right to equal protection does not require that such similarly situated classes be treated identically, but rather requires that the distinction made in treatment have some relevance to the purpose for which classification of the classes is made.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sonja Blake v. Debra Jossart · 378 Wis. 2d 117 - Porter v. State

2. “'Sexually violent person' means a person who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense . . . , and who is dangerous because he or she suffers from a mental disorder that makes it likely that the person will engage in one or more acts of sexual violence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Gilbert · State v. Jamie Lane Stephenson

3. “To prove an equal protection clause violation, the party challenging a statute's constitutionality must show that 'the state unconstitutionally treats members of similarly situated classes differently.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 378 Wis. 2d 117 - Porter v. State · Waupaca County v. K.E.K.