Sparks v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
April 2006
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Alexander v. United States · McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco · Prejean v. Blackburn · Williams v. Texas · Nethery v. State
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Did you agree to take a polygraph examination?”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.