Cowart v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
January 2004
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents · Collins v. Day · 148 Ill. 2d 1 - People v. Reed · In re Conn · School City of Elwood v. State Ex Rel. Griffin
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Courts must exercise substantial deference to legislative discretion when determining whether a statute complies with Article I, Section 28.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Minton v. State · Senn v. State“Indiana has a well-established policy to protect the welfare of children.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Minton v. State
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.