DeFrances v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
May 1987
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Craig v. Boren · Reed v. Reed · Royster Guano Co v. Commonwealth of Virginia · White v. Flemming · White v. Fleming
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.
“valid objective of preventing commercial exploitation through sexual inducements.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Corky“agent, associate, employee, representative, or servant”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Corky
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.