State v. Biddle’s Empirical Analysis
1950
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
7
states following
November 1979
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Applestein v. Mayor of Baltimore · Mayor of Wilmington v. State · State v. Donovan · Mayor, Etc. v. . B'way, Etc., R.R. Co. · State v. Peverly
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.
““ ‘We are faced with the situation of two statutes each providing that identical acts shall constitute a crime. However, Section 5161 provides that such acts shall constitute manslaughter and a felony, while Chapter 186 provides that such acts shall constitute negligent homicide and a misdemeanor. The difference in degree provided in the two statutes for the same offense, in our opinion, has created an inconsistency which cannot be reconciled on any reasonable basis.’”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Morf · Atchley 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.