Wright v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State, Department of Natural Resources v. City of Haines · Hafling v. Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific · Whittlesey v. State · Peter v. State · South Central Health Planning & Development, Inc. v. Commissioner of the Department of Administration
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) A person who violates a provision of this chapter other than [possessory offenses] mentioned in (a) of this section, or a person who violates a provision of this chapter relating to the possession or control of depressant, hallucinogenic and stimulant drugs, when his possession or control is for the purpose of sale or other disposal to another person, is guilty of a felony and upon conviction is punishable as follows: (1) for the first offense, by imprisonment for not more than 25 years, or by a fine of not more than $20,000, or by both”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Wright v. State · Wright 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.