Duncan v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 state decisions

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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[N]ot violated merely because some persons are treated differently than other persons. It only requires that persons similarly situated be treated similarly. In the absence of a fundamental right or a protected class, equal protection demands only that a distinction which results in unequal treatment bear some rational relationship to a legitimate state purpose. This is known as the rational basis test.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fredman v. Fredman · G.W. v. State

2. “bridging the gap between prison and the outside world.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 791 So. 2d 560 - Gray v. State · 896 So. 2d 966 - PAROLE COM'N v. Smith