Smethurst v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
October 1995
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Irvin v. Dowd · California v. Trombetta · Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the strictures which the [Due Process] Clause imposes must be tailored to fit each particular situation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.