Curtis v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 98 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sandstrom v. Montana · Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · Byrd v. Irmo High School · Joytime Distributors & Amusement Co. v. State
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 104 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an appellate court may decide questions of imperative and manifest urgency to establish a rule for future conduct in matters of important public interest.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“An appellate court will not pass on moot and academic questions or make an adjudication where there remains no actual controversy.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“A `legislative act will not be declared unconstitutional unless its repugnance to the constitution is clear and beyond a reasonable doubt.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Neuman · State v. Nation
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.