State v. Rowell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 308 state decisions

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

1. “[t]he main goal of statutory construction is to give effect to the intent of the legislature. To do this, we look to the object the legislature sought to accomplish and the wrong it sought to remedy. The words of a statute ... should be given their ordinary meaning, absent clear and express legislative intention to the contrary.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Contreras · State v. Varela

2. “interpretation of a statute is an issue of law”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Padilla · In Re Adjustments to Franchise Fees

3. ““When several artides are stolen by the defendant from different owners on different occasions, multiple larcenies are committed. It matters not that the takings occur on the same expedition, and are committed in rapid succession or in pursuance of a larcenous scheme or plan.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kelley v. State