State v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Best v. District of Columbia · State v. Hall · State v. Brooks · State v. Feger · Hays v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The scope of opening statements is within the discretion of the trial court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.