96 Misc. 2d 669 - People v. Ferber’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'Promote' means to procure, manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmute, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit or advertise, or to offer or agree to do the same.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. New York v. Ferber · St. Martin's Press, Inc. v. Carey

2. “It is irrelevant to the child [who has been abused] whether or not the material . . . has a literary, artistic, political or social value.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. New York v. Ferber

3. “right of freedom of expression against the right of the Legislature to protect children against sexual exploitation,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 396 So. 2d 152 - Griffin v. State