State v. Gay’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 2004
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3182
Relies on Meyer v. State of Nebraska · Meachum v. Fano · Chaffin v. Stynchcombe · Michigan v. Doran · Puerto Rico v. Branstad
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although a defendant may have a right, even of constitutional dimensions, to follow whichever course he chooses, the Constitution does not always forbid requiring him to choose. The deciding factor is whether compelling the election impairs to an appreciable extent any of the policies behind the rights involved.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Canas
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.