Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 4 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."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Borchert v. State · Robinson v. State

2. “'These include the lewd and obscene, the profane, the libelous, and the insulting or 'fighting' words-those which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace. It has been well observed that such utterances are no essential part of any exposition of ideas, and are of such slight social value as a step to truth that any benefit that may be derived from them is clearly outweighed by the social interest in order and morality. 'Resort to epithets or personal abuse is not in any proper sense communication of information or opinion safeguarded by the Constitution, and its punishment as a criminal act would raise no question under that instrument.''”

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

3. “inherently likely to provoke a violent reaction.”

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