State v. Hicks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “. . [T]he classification must be reasonable, not arbitrary, and must rest upon some ground of difference having a fair and substantial relation to the object of the legislation, so that all persons similarly circumstanced shall be treated alike.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. J. K. · State v. J. K.

2. ““A person is guilty of patronizing a prostitute when: “(1) Pursuant to a prior agreement or understanding, he pays a fee to another person as compensation for that person’s having engaged in sexual conduct with him; or “(2) He pays or agrees to pay a fee to another person pursuant to an agreement or understanding that in return therefor that person or a third person will engage in sexual conduct with him; or “(3) He solicits or requests another person to engage in sexual conduct with him in return for a fee.” “Patronizing a prostitute is a violation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Hicks v. State