97 Misc. 2d 115 - People v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 1991
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“Under 'traditional' equal protection analysis, a legislative classification must be sustained unless it is 'patently arbitrary' and bears no rational relationship to a legitimate governmental interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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