Pervear v. The Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
72 U.S. 475 · 1866
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 52 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 109 later decisions (24 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2024 · most notably Furman v. Georgia (1972), Ingraham v. Wright (1977)
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 52 state decisions — followed in 23 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.
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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel punishment inflicted. ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[the mode adopted, of prohibiting under penalties the sale and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquors, without license, is the usual mode adopted in many, perhaps, all of the States. It is wholly within the discretion of State legislatures.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Houston“We perceive nothing excessive, or cruel, or unusual in [the defendant's sen-tencel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Houston
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.