Lake v. Cameron’s Empirical Analysis
364 F.2d 657 · 1966
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 6 district · 31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 101 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2014 · most notably Gault (1967), O'Connor v. Donaldson (1975)
51 federal appellate · 6 district · 31 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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 Miller v. Overholser · Stewart v. Overholser · Stewart v. Overholser · De Marcos v. Overholser
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 101 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[p]roceedings involving the care and treatment of the mentally ill are not strictly adversary proceedings.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Riggs · Bolton v. Harris““* * * ‘[T]he Court may order his hospitalization for an indeterminate period, or order any other alternative course of treatment which the court believes will be in the best interests of the person or of the public.’ D.C.Code § 21-545 (b) (Supp. V, 1966). * * * ””
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Sanchez · In re Artis““* * * Nevertheless, this. Coxxrt now orders the District Court to perform functions normally reserved to social agencies by commanding search for a judicially approved course of treatment or custodial care for this mentally ill person who is plainly unable to care for herself. Neither this Coxxrt nor the District Coxxrt is equipped to carry out the broad geriatric inqxxiry proposed or to resolve the social and economic issues involved.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.