People v. Bookcase, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 1986
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Butler v. Michigan · People Ex Rel. Price v. Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Co. · People v. Seltzer
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Filth, even if wrapped in the finest packaging, is still filth. `Charm of language, subtlety of thought, faultless style, even distinction of authorship, may all * * * be present and the book be unfit for dissemination to the reading public. * * *' * * * `This court will not adopt a rule of law which states that obscenity is suppressible but that well-written obscenity is not.'"”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Smith
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.