Gordon v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
2
states following
September 1983
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mutual Life Ins Co of New York v. Hillmon · State v. Chaney · Love v. State · Nicholas v. State · Mitchell Ex Rel. Mitchell v. Knight
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Penal administration shall be based on the principle of reformation and upon the need for protecting the public.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Newsom v. State
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.