Gilpin v. McCormick’s Empirical Analysis
921 F.2d 928 · 1990
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Delaware v. Fensterer · Globe Newspaper Company v. Superior Court for County of Norfolk · Maryland v. Craig · Lord Electric Co. 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We are fully aware of widespread public concern over child sexual assault and abuse cases and the passions they arouse. Appellant invokes the specter of pliant children being hectored by psychiatrists and social workers into traducing scores of innocent adults with the stain of child abuse. But new constitutional rights cannot be found for every new passion that may drive criminal prosecutions. It is clear that Montana’s refusal to compel child sexual assault victims to undergo psychiatric examination does not violate constitutional due process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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