Sirmons v. Regier’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
January 2013
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 839 So. 2d 715 - Gordon v. Regier
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he purpose of the Act is to protect society from `repeat acts of predatory sexual violence' and to provide `long-term care and treatment of sexually violent predators.'”
1 later decision 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.