Gallie v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[c]onstitutionality ... under the Due Process Clause must be measured by determining (1) whether the concern of the legislature was reasonably aroused by the possibility of an abuse which it legitimately desired to avoid; (2) whether there was a reasonable basis for a conclusion that the statute would protect against its occurrence; and (3) whether the expense and other difficulties of individual determinations justify the inherent imprecision of a conclusive presumption.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 458 So. 2d 1122 - Markham v. Fogg

2. “The standard which the Court utilized during this period, as stated in Vlandis, [2] was that a statute embodying an irrebuttable presumption would be deemed invalid `when that presumption is not necessarily or universally true in fact, and when the State has reasonable alternative means of making the crucial determination.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 923 So. 2d 566 - Butler v. State

3. “No person may be admitted to bail upon appeal from a conviction of a felony if such person has previously been convicted of a felony, the commission of which occurred prior to the commission of the subsequent felony, and such person's civil rights have not been restored.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 405 So. 2d 1048 - Hart v. State