Gilles v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally: (2) makes unreasonable noise and continues to do so after being asked to stop ... commits disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brittain v. State · Robinson v. State

2. “inherently likely to provoke a violent reaction”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Buhl · Brown v. State

3. “"'These categories include: (a) obscenity, see generally Miller v. California; (1978) 413 U.S. 15 , 93 S.Ct. 2607 , 37 L.Ed.2d 419 ; (b) speech in cireumstances where its time, place or manner of delivery unduly interferes with privacy of the home or a similar competing interest, sometimes called 'nuisance' speech, see e.g. Kovacs v. Cooper, (1949) 836 U.S. 77 , 69 S.Ct. 448 , 93 L.Ed. 513 and see generally Nowak, Rotunda, Young, Handbook on Constitutional Low 812-17 (1978), (c) speech advocating immediate violence or similar lawless action which is likely to follow, see generally Hess v. Indiana, (1973) 414 U.S. 105 , 94 S.Ct. 326 , 38 LEd.2d 303; Brandenburg v. Ohio, (1969) 395 U.S. 444 , 89 S.Ct. 1827 , 28 LEd.2d 430; and (d) 'fighting words, personally abusive language likely to provoke a violent reaction by listeners toward the speaker, see generally Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, (1942) 315 U.S. 568 , 62 S.Ct. 766 , 86 L.Ed. 1081 [.]' "”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Borchert v. State