State v. Scofield’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently January 1985 · most notably State v. Lerner (1973), State v. Amaral (1972)
29 state decisions
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
Relies on State v. Andrews · Commonwealth v. Pentz · State v. Domanski · State v. Smith
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In an era in which motor vehicles play an important part in the lives of all of us, the word 'recklessly/ as related to the operation of motor vehicles, and the phrase 'reckless driving’ have acquired a clear and commonly-understood meaning, namely, 'driving in such a manner as to indicate either a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lunt““There is another statute which forbids the operation of a motor vehicle on a highway while the operator is under the influence of liquor. If you find that this vehicle was operated by this defendant upon that highway while he was under the influence of liquor, then you may consider that as proof of reckless driving.” (italics supplied)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Reid““Any person who operates a motor vehicle on any of the highways of this state recklessly so as to endanger the lives or safety of the public shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” (emphasis ours)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. DiMuccio
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.