State v. Sheets’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 55 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably State v. Sparks (1985), State v. Ibn Omar-Muhammad (1985)
2 federal appellate · 55 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
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 77B (§ 2 of the Securities Act of 1933) · 15 U.S.C. § 77C (§ 3 of the Securities Act of 1933)
Relies on Securities & Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co. · Tcherepnin v. Knight · Securities & Exchange Commission v. C. M. Joiner Leasing Corp. · Atlantic City Electric Co. v. United States · 55 Cal. 2d 811 - Silver Hills Country Club v. Sobieski
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he state must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant acted intentionally when he committed the crime. A person acts intentionally when he purposely does an act which the law declares to be a crime, [even though he may not know that his act is unlawful].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Except as expressly provided in this section * * * Sections 58-13-4 through 58-13-28 NMSA 1978 do not apply to: A. any isolated transaction, whether effected through a broker-dealer or not; * sfc * * * * G. any transaction executed by a bona fide pledgee without any purpose of evading the Securities Act of New Mexico; $ sf: sjc ‡ j(s ¡)c J. the issuance and sale by any corporation organized under the laws of this state of its securities at a time when the number of security holders does not, and will not, in consequence of the sale exceed twenty-five and: (1) the seller reasonably believes that all buyers are purchasing for investment; and (2) no commission or other remuneration is paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting any prospective buyer * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Shafer““[Sjecurity” means any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation, certificate of interest in oil, gas or other mineral rights, collateral trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable shares, investment contract, voting-trust certificate or beneficial interest in title to property, profits or earnings, or any other instrument commonly known as a security, including any guarantee of, temporary or interim certificate of interest or participation in, or warrant or right to subscribe to, convert into or purchase any of these. “Certificate of interest in oil, gas or other mineral rights” does not mean oil royalties [.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Shade
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.