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← 129 HAW 363 - State v. Pali.

State v. Pali.’s Empirical Analysis

2013

Citation profile

13
cited by 13 later decisions
2
states following
October 2022
most recently cited

11 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Kalama · State v. Kikuta · State v. Tuan Quoc Nguyen · State v. Viloria · Rees v. Carlisle

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

  1. “In conducting a plain meaning analysis, 'this court may resort to legal or other well accepted dictionaries as one way to determine the ordinary meaning of certain terms not statutorily defined.'”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “Thus, '[l]aws in pari materia, or upon the same subject matter, shall be construed with reference to each other. What is clear in one statute may be called upon in aid to explain what is doubtful in another.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “or the earlier discharge of the defendant,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.