Berger v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
6 district · 78 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 87 later decisions — most recently November 2015 · most notably 27 Cal. 3d 123 - City of Santa Barbara v. Adamson (1980), State v. Baker (1979)
6 district · 78 state decisions — followed in 15 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Village of Belle Terre v. Boraas · Iannelli v. United States · Rutgers v. Piluso · Kirsch Holding Co. v. Borough of Manasquan · City of White Plains v. Ferraioli
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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“as those persons related by blood, marriage or adoption is measured against the demands of due process, it is clear that the regulation must fall. It so narrowly delimits the persons who may occupy a single family dwelling as to prohibit numerous potential occupants who pose no threat to the style of family living sought to be preserved. As such, we cannot conclude that the definition of”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he fact that many of the residents voiced opposition to [the group home] does not, in and of itself, mean that the State acted unreasonably in proceeding with its plans.” 71 N.J. at 220 , 364 A.2d 993 . 12 . The Court held the following portions of section 66.1 null and void”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is to be gleaned from a number of factors, including the nature and scope of the instrumentality seeking immunity, the kind of function or land use involved, the extent of the public interest to be served thereby, the effect local land use regulation would have upon the enterprise concerned and the impact upon legitimate local interests.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.