Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
September 1993
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gateley v. Humphrey · Ollivier v. City of Houston · Chapin v. Putnam Supply Co. · State v. Rope · State v. Pioneer Oil & Refining Co.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A tax that has been levied and has become a liability matured under a tax statute is an indebtedness or obligation within the meaning of this provision of the Constitution.”
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.