Ohlinger v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
652 F.2d 775 · 1980
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 7 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably Hoptowit v. Ray (1982), Norman Knight v. Mark J. Mills, Etc. (1987)
19 federal appellate · 7 district · 12 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · Robinson v. State of California · Jackson v. Indiana · United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc. · United States v. Oregon State Medical Society
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`a mental or emotional disturbance, deficiency or condition, predisposing [them] to the commission of [certain sex offenses involving minors] to a degree rendering [them] a menace to the health and safety of others'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Adequate and effective treatment is constitutionally required because, absent treatment, appellants could be held indefinitely as a result of their mental illness. . . .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is primarily for punitive purposes. Although rehabilitation may be desirable, it is not necessarily the primary function of such incarceration.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.