State v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
135 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 137 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2017 · most notably State v. Tischio (1987), State v. Cameron (1985)
135 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 Broadrick v. Oklahoma · Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · Kolender v. Lawson · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Y Button · Central Hudson Gas Electric Corporation v. Public Service Commission of New York
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 137 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is essentially a procedural due process concept grounded in notions of fair play.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“a. Machine guns. Any person who knowingly has in his possession a machine gun or any instrument or device adaptable for use as a machine gun, without being licensed to do so as provided in [ N.J.S.A. ] 2C:58-5, is guilty of a crime of the third degree. b. Handguns. Any person who knowingly has in his possession any handgun, including any antique handgun without first having obtained a permit to carry the same as provided in [ N.J.S.A. ] 2C:58-4, is guilty of a crime of the third degree. c. Rifles and shotguns. (1) Any person who knowingly has in his possession any rifle or shotgun without having first obtained a firearms purchaser identification card in accordance with the provisions of [ N.J.S.A. ] 2C:58-3, is guilty of a crime of the third degree. (2) Unless otherwise permitted by law, any person who knowingly has in his possession any loaded rifle or shotgun is guilty of a crime of the third degree. d. Other weapons. Any person who knowingly has in his possession any other weapon under circumstances not manifestly appropriate for such lawful uses as it may have is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]ome objects that may be used as weapons also have more innocent purposes.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Rolon · State Ex Rel. Gc
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.