Gordon v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1988
most recently cited
2 state decisions
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““if, as a peace officer, he intentionally subjects a person in his custody to bodily injury, knowing his conduct is unlawful, and the death of the prisoner occurs as a result of the bodily injury.” *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Gordon v. State“a ... peace officer commits an offense if he ... intentionally subjects a person in custody to bodily injury knowing his conduct is unlawful....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Rangel 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.