Patterson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably State v. Bollig (2000), Kellar v. Fayetteville Police Department (1999)
26 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Blockburger v. United States · Roe v. Wade · City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center · Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The legislature finds that 21 (1) sex offenders pose a high risk of reoffending after release from custody; 22 (2) protecting the public from sex offenders is a primary governmental interest; 23 (3) the privacy interests of persons convicted of sex offenses are less important than the government's interest in public safety; and 24 (4) release of certain information about sex offenders to public agencies and the general public will assist in protecting public safety.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Doe v. Otte · Doe v. Otte“a person convicted of a sex offense ... in this state or another jurisdiction regardless [of the date of the offense].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Otness · Nunley v. State“recidivism of sex offenders [as] a problem,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Doe v. Otte · Doe v. Otte
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.