Doe v. Cuomo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 4 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Given the combination of the nature of the information released ... and the State's strong interest in releasing it, Doe has not supported a claim for the violation of any constitutional right to privacy. Nor, as already discussed, is there any real question that [the registration statute's] requirements are rationally related to the aim of protecting public safety.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. John Doe v. Department of Public Safety

2. “I do not see how the majority can say no public safety purpose is rationally furthered by having sex, drug, and violent offenders register. I would follow the referenced precedent and hold that KORA has a rational connection to a nonpunitive purpose, so this factor does not weight towards punishment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Petersen-Beard

3. “the New York State Legislature decided that a conviction for a relevant offense was proof enough of dangerousness,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nnebe v. Daus