State v. Schmid’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 16 district · 185 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 220 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2025 · most notably Princeton University v. Schmid (1982), State v. Novembrino (1987)
9 federal appellate · 16 district · 185 state decisions — followed in 19 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · Cannon v. University of Chicago · Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.
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 220 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[T]he test to be applied to ascertain the parameters of the rights of speech and assembly upon privately-owned property and the extent to which such property reasonably can be restricted to accommodate these rights involves several elements. This standard must take into account (1) the nature, purposes, and primary use of such private property, generally its `normal' use, (2) the extent and nature of the public's invitation to use the property, and (3) the purpose of the expressional activity undertaken upon such property in relation to both the private and public use of the property." Id. at 563 , 423 A.2d 630 .”
24 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“serves to thwart inhibitory actions which unreasonably frustrate, infringe, or obstruct the expressional and associational rights of individuals.”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[e]very person may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right. . . .”
10 later decisions 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.