Smith v. Illinois’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
336 federal appellate · 49 district · 1,257 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,982 later decisions (39 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2026 · most notably Oregon v. Elstad (1985), Davis v. United States (1994)
336 federal appellate · 49 district · 1,257 state decisions — followed in 47 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Edwards v. Arizona · Rhode Island v. Innis · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Michigan v. Mosley
Cited together with Edwards v. Arizona · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Davis v. United States · Oregon v. Bradshaw · Rhode Island v. Innis
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 1,982 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f the accused invoked his right to counsel, courts may admit his responses to further questioning only on finding that he (a) initiated further discussions with the police, and (b) knowingly and intelligently waived the right he had invoked.”
181 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[An accused's post-request responses to further interrogation may not be used to cast doubt on the clarity of his initial request for counsel.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Montoya v. State · EC v. State“Edwards, 451 U.S. at 485, 101 S.Ct. at 1885. It”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.