State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
December 1989
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · 391 So. 2d 421 - State v. Gibson · Cromwell v. Commerce & Energy Bank of Lafayette · 454 So. 2d 119 - State v. Fuller · State v. Narcisse
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.
“LSA-R.S. 14:403, commonly known as the child abuse reporting law, was enacted in an effort to protect neglected and abused children by mandating that suspected cases be reported and by providing procedures whereby the protective services of the State could be immediately implemented to remove children from a harmful environment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(F) Any privilege between husband and wife, or between any professional person and his client, such as physicians, and ministers, with the exception of the attorney and his client, shall not be grounds for excluding evidence at any proceeding regarding the abuse or neglect of the child or cause thereof.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“whether there is a reasonable possibility that the evidence complained of might have contributed to the conviction”
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.