State v. Herrera’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably State v. Thomas (1998), State v. Lafferty (2001)
2 federal appellate · 42 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 In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Teague v. Lane · Furman v. Georgia · Benton v. Maryland · Morissette v. United States
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[where there exists no more than a difference of opinion regarding the hypothetical application of a piece of legislation to a situation in which the parties might, at some future time, find themselves, the question is unripe for adjudication.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Casey · State v. Ortiz“It is the power and responsibility of the Legislature to enact laws to promote the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of society, and this Court will not substitute our judgment for that of the Legislature with respect to what best serves the public interest. The adjustment and accommodation of conflicting interests, such as are involved in this case, are for the Legislature to resolve, irrespective of the rules applied by other states.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Parduhn · State v. Parduhn“[DJelicate balancing of public policy is better accomplished in the legislature than in the courts.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Parduhn · State v. Parduhn
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.