Evans v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
September 1992
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chaplinsky v. State of New Hampshire · Gooding v. Wilson · Hess v. Indiana · Hess v. State · Diggs v. State
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is a sad commentary of our modern society that law enforcement officers must be subjected to insults such as those used in the present case[,]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“tend[ed] to incite an immediate breach of the peace.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Robinson v. State
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.