Scott v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
August 1981
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pilgrim v. Griffin · Cobarrubias v. State · Martinez v. State
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * Where a man, having by a woman a child or children shall after-wards intermarry with such woman, such child or children shall thereby be legitimated and made capable of inheriting his estate. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Napier v. Napier
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.