Schaffer v. Green’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 10 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The opinion * * * erases any question concerning the validity of any conviction had upon a male child of the age of sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) without a juvenile hearing prior to the opinion of the Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, and as well, any conviction * * between the 10th Circuit opinion and the date of this opinion. This be true even if the opinion of the Federal Court was treated as retroactive, rather than prospective, in application.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ruhm v. State · Dixon v. State

2. ““Because the purpose of the disparity in the age classification between 16-18 year old males and 16-18 year old females has not been demonstrated, we hold that 10 Okl.St.Ann. § 1101(a) is violative of the equal protection clause. This ruling shall not apply retroactively.” (Emphasis added)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ruhm v. State

3. ““The term ‘delinquent child’ means (1) a male person under the age of sixteen (16) years and a female person under the age of eighteen (18) years, who has violated [a] federal or state law or municipal ordinance, * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 357 F. Supp. 324 - Ruhm v. Turner