State v. Berberian’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
3
states following
January 2008
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 35
Relies on Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co. · Schenck v. United States · Smith v. Crouse · Samuel Gompers v. Buck's Stove & Range Company · Fisher v. United States
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.
“[I]n order to violate this statute, it is sufficient that the threat be made, regardless of the subjective intention of defendant. The statute is not aimed at pure speech, it is designed to prevent harmful and frightening verbal acts. It is not necessary, therefore, to examine the subjective intention of the author of the false report or the subjective reaction of the recipients. Id. at 931 .”
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.