State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
5 district · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently February 2018
5 district · 18 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 Central Lumber Company v. State of South Dakota · Schryver v. Schirmer · Tooz v. State · State v. Reed
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Legislative classifications are only invalid where the classification is arbitrary and unreasonable. Furthermore, the equal protection clause relates to equality between persons rather than between areas. There is no prohibition against legislation which is limited as to the territory within which it is to operate. Central Lumber Company v. State of South Dakota, 226 U.S. 157 [ 33 S.Ct. 66 , 57 L.Ed. 164 ] (1912).” 216 N.W.2d at 151 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"While the general rule is that purely legislative powers cannot be delegated, quasi-legislative powers subject to ascertainable standards and guidelines can be delegated for the purpose of carrying legislation into effect." (citations omitted)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The legislative power of the State shall be vested in a Legislature ...”
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.