Rutherford v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 2002
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Washington v. Davis · Castaneda v. Partida · Alexander v. Louisiana · Hernandez v. Texas · Norris v. State of Alabama
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.
“`are members of a group recognizable as a distinct class capable of being singled out for different treatment under the laws.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Only if respondents [establish] a prima facie case of discrimination in the selection of the foreman . . . [does] the burden shift to the State to rebut that prima facie case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sanders v. State
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.