Pisano v. Shillinger’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 2012
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Gagnon v. Scarpelli · Southern Pacific Terminal Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Honig v. Doe · Moody v. Daggett
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The powers of the government of this state are divided into three distinct departments: The legislative, executive and judicial, and no person or collection of persons charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any powers properly belonging to either of the others, except as in this constitution expressly directed or permitted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Pisano v. Shillinger“All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor shall cruel or unusual punishment be inflicted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Green 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.