Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 1999
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Anthony J. Demma, United States of America v. Henry Brulay · Williams v. State · Green v. State · Roy v. State · Sirls v. State
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Conduct is justified if: (1) the actor reasonably believes the conduct is immediately necessary to avoid imminent harm; (2) the desirability and urgency of avoiding the harm clearly outweigh, according to ordinary standards of reasonableness, the harm sought to be prevented by the law proscribing the conduct; and (3) a legislative purpose to exclude the justification claimed for the conduct does not otherwise plainly appear.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chavers v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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