State v. Eppinger’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
588 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 590 later decisions — most recently January 2026 · most notably State v. Bodyke (2010), 92 Ohio St. 3d 584 - State v. Thompson (2001)
588 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 Britt v. North Carolina · State v. Cook · State v. Gowdy · State v. Esparza
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 590 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Clear and convincing evidence is that measure or degree of proof which will produce in the mind of the trier of facts a firm belief or conviction as to the allegations sought to be established. It is intermediate, being more than a mere preponderance, but not to the extent of such certainty as is required beyond a reasonable doubt as in criminal cases. It does not mean clear and unequivocal.”
192 later decisions quote this exact passage“[f]inally, the trial court should consider the statutory factors listed in R.C. 2950.09 (B)(2), and should discuss on the record the particular evidence and factors upon which it relies in making its determination regarding the likelihood of recidivism. See State v. Thompson, supra. See, also, State v. Russell (Apr. 8, 1999), Cuyahoga App. No. 73237, unreported, 1999 WL 195657 ; State v. Casper (June 10, 1999), Cuyahoga App. Nos. 73061, 73064, 73062 and 73063, unreported, 1999 WL 380437”
54 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to committing a sexually oriented offense and is likely to engage in the future in one or more sexually oriented offenses.”
47 later decisions 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.