State v. Davidson’s Empirical Analysis
2021
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
February 2026
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · Weaver v. Graham · Payne v. Tennessee · Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. P Casey P Casey · Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'ensures stability and continuity—demonstrating a continuing legitimacy of judicial review. Judicial adherence to constitutional precedent ensures that all branches of government, including the judicial branch, are bound by law.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“clearly convinced [that the rule] was originally erroneous or is no longer sound because of changing conditions and that more good than harm will come by departing from precedent.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[A] change in the membership of this court cannot, in and of itself, justify a departure from the basic principle of stare decisis.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.