Bell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
January 1996
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Solem v. Helm · Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · Skinner v. State of Oklahoma Williamson · Spencer v. State of Texas a Bell · McLaughlin v. Florida
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.
“`reform may take one step at a time, addressing itself to the phase of the problem which seems most acute to the legislative mind.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Hoem v. State · Garton v. State“The question we are presented is whether our habitual criminal statute, § 6-10-201, supra, violates equal protection and is therefore unconstitutional because it includes manslaughter within the definition of violent felonies but does not include aggravated vehicular homicide.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Garton v. State“Equal protection does not require exact equality. Only discrimination which is arbitrary and invidious is prohibited.”
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.