People v. . Most’s Empirical Analysis
1902
Citation profile
2 district · 80 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 90 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2009 · most notably Gitlow v. People of the State of New York (1925), United States ex rel. Turner v. Williams (1904)
2 district · 80 state decisions — followed in 15 states
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 People v. . Muller · Rapier Dupre · People v. . Most · People v. Ruggles
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 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““While the right to publish is thus sanctioned and secured, the abuse of that right is excepted from the protection of the constitution, and authority to provide for and punish such abuse is left to the legislature. The punishment of those who publish articles which tend to corrupt morals, induce crime or destroy organized society, is essential to the security of freedom and the stability of the state.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish Ms sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of the right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. * * * ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““ * * * It is a disturbance of public order by 'an act of violence, or by any act likely to produce violence, or which, by causing consternation and alarm, disturbs the -peace and quiet of the community. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Florstedt
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.