State v. Purtell’s Empirical Analysis
1896
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
October 1966
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on State v. Burnham
Most-quoted passages
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“to determine whether the defendants in fact engaged in a fight, or merely in an innocent contest”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“word `fight' implies a purpose to use violence for the purpose of inflicting injury”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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