Glendon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"`Anything which gives sustenance, solace, comfort or encouragement in the selling of narcotics or in the agreeing to sell narcotics, can be condemned, and properly so, by the legislature.... The aim of the statute is not to proscribe fraudulent narcotics traffic but rather to prohibit anyone from appearing to engage in narcotics traffic.'" Glendon v. State of Delaware, 461 A.2d 1004 (Del. 1983), citing People v. Medina, Cal.App., 27 Cal.App.3d 473 , 103 Cal.Rptr. 721, 723-24 (1972).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 500 So. 2d 382 - State v. Pierre

2. “as a violation. Traffic in counterfeit drugs involves most of the danger to society as does the traffic in real drugs. The statute does not criminalize innocent or constitutionally protected conduct. The Louisiana legislature followed the lead of other states in passing the false representation statute. Delaware and California courts upheld this exercise of police power as bearing a rational relation to the public health, safety, morals or general welfare:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 500 So. 2d 382 - State v. Pierre