Hudson v. Hudson’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
7
states following
June 2001
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roe v. Wade · Griswold v. State of Connecticut · Skinner v. State of Oklahoma Williamson · Eisenstadt v. Baird · Carey v. Population Services International
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he overwhelming majority of the courts which have considered the issue . . . have refused to sanction the surgical sterilization of mentally deficient persons without specific legislative authority. . . . The profound nature of the constitutional and social issues raised by this case and the irreversible character of the physical consequences of the requested relief preclude judicial resolution absent legislative action. [Citations omitted.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“contention that a surgical procedure is medically necessary or that the failure to authorize sterilization will endanger the [incompetent's] life or health;”
1 later decision 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.