Westerheide v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that the Act passes muster under either the \rational basis\ or the \strict scrutiny\ test
• holding that the Jimmy Ryce Act is civil in nature and that confinement is for treatment and the protection of the public, not punishment
• holding that the Jimmy Ryce Act is civil in nature and that confinement is for treatment and the protection of the public, not punishment
• upholding constitutionality of the Act, citing Kansas v. Hendricks, 521 U.S. 346, 117 S.Ct. 2072, 138 L.Ed.2d 501 (1997)
• “The admission of expert testimony from psychologists and psychiatrists for the purpose of predicting future dangerousness caused by mental illness or abnormalities is nothing new or novel to the law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

46 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. Superior Court (Ghilotti)
  California Supreme Court· 2002-04-25· cited 215×
• Westerheide v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-10-17· cited 152×
• State v. Goode
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-10-17· cited 109×
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Dengler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-30· cited 96×
• Beasley v. Molett
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2002-12-19· cited 92×
• Barbour v. Brinker Florida, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-10-12· cited 58×
• In Re Commitment of RS
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2001-04-20· cited 49×
• In Re Leon G.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2002-12-16· cited 43×
• Grosinger v. M.B.K.
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2002-02-20· cited 33×
• In re the Detention of Keeney
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-10-23· cited 30×
• In Re Detention of Keeney
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-10-23· cited 27×
• Hale v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-12-23· cited 24×
• Hudson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-08-02· cited 23×
• State v. White
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-12-23· cited 22×
• In Re Leon G.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2001-07-12· cited 22×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-09-08· cited 19×
• In re Detention of New
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-06-12· cited 19×
• In re the Commitment of W.Z.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2001-04-23· cited 19×
• H & H ELEC., INC. v. Lopez
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-10-10· cited 17×
• Jenkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-11-30· cited 14×

Cites

81 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Santosky v. Kramer
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 9,761×
• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Barefoot v. Estelle
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 4,617×
• Frye v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1923-12-03· cited 4,204×
• Connally v. General Construction Co.
  Supreme Court· 1926-01-04· cited 3,272×
• Roth v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-24· cited 3,255×
• Addington v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-30· cited 3,004×
• Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-24· cited 2,199×
• United States v. Lanier
  Supreme Court· 1997-03-31· cited 2,070×
• Kansas v. Hendricks
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-23· cited 2,057×
• United States v. Halper
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 1,945×
• Calder v. Bull
  Supreme Court· 1798-08-17· cited 1,860×
• Bouie v. City of Columbia
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 1,779×
• Alabama v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-12· cited 1,589×
• United States v. Ursery
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-24· cited 1,314×
• O'Connor v. Donaldson
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-26· cited 1,231×
• Department of Revenue of Mont. v. Kurth Ranch
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 1,050×
• United States v. Ward
  Supreme Court· 1980-08-22· cited 969×
• Jones v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-29· cited 741×
• United States v. Powell
  Supreme Court· 1975-12-09· cited 550×