Murrell v. People’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
May 2017
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 48 U.S.C. § 1561
Relies on Duncan v. State of Louisiana · Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · Virginia v. Black · Lewis v. City of New Orleans · Frank v. United States
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whoever maliciously and willfully ... disturbs the peace or quiet of any village, town, neighborhood or person, by loud or unusual noise, or by tumultuous offensive conduct, or threatening, traducing, quarreling, challenging to fight or fighting... shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 90 days, or both.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Webster v. People
How this case has been treated — in progress
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