Ward v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 344th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 287 · 31 U.S.C. § 3729 (False Claims Act)
Relies on United States v. Halper · Yagow v. United States · Ex parte Lange · In re Bradley · United States v. Sanchez-Escareno
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We find that appellees' execution of promissory notes, in the absence of a judgment or payment by appellees, does not constitute "punishment" under the Double Jeopardy Clause, neither in the ordinary nomenclature associated with the word, nor pursuant to an analysis of various cases which have addressed the multiple punishment issue.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Desimone v. State“[t]he State has not sought a judgment ... and there has been no adjudication by a court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Desimone v. State“in the absence of payment by appellant, the assessment does not constitute `punishment.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Desimone 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.