71 Wash. 2d 705 - State v. Roadhs’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
65 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently December 2017 · most notably 77 Wash. 2d 94 - Washington Natural Gas Co. v. Public Utility District No. 1 (1969), State v. Foulenfont (1995)
65 state decisions
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 State v. Miller · 141 W. Va. 289 - Layne v. Hayes · 65 Wash. 2d 568 - State Ex Rel. Longview Fire Fighters Union, Local 828 v. City of Longview · 1 Wash. 2d 102 - State Ex Rel. Port of Seattle v. Department of Public Service · State v. Petit
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Considering the statutory definition given to the more specific term 'building/ and assuming, as we must, that the legislature intended to enlarge the scope of the burglary statute by the addition of the words ‘or other structure’ to RCW 9.19.020, we conclude that a fence of the sort here in question constitutes a ‘structure’ within the meaning of that statute. Were the fence a mere boundary fence or one erected for the sole purpose of esthetic beautification, it would not constitute a ‘structure’ as that term was intended to be interpreted by the legislature. However, where the fence is of such a nature that it is erected mainly for the purpose of protecting property within its confines and is, in fact, an integral part of a closed compound, its function becomes analogous to that of a ‘building’ and the fence itself constitutes a ‘structure’ subject to being burglarized.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“any building or part thereof, or . . . other structure”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“shall include every house, shed, boat, watercraft, railway car, tent or booth, whether completed or not, suitable for affording shelter for any human being, or as a place where any property is or shall be kept for use, sale or deposit. Former RCW 9.01.010(18) (1909). Because the statute listed specific items, the court reasoned that the omission of”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Wentz
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.