State v. T.K.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`[a] statute operates prospectively when the precipitating event for operation of the statute occurs after enactment, even when the precipitating event originated in a situation existing prior to the enactment [of the statute].'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Flint · Ludvigsen v. City of Seattle

2. “A statute does not operate `retrospectively' merely because it ... upsets expectations based in prior law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Varga · Ludvigsen v. City of Seattle

3. “be overcome if (1) the Legislature explicitly provides for retroactivity, Landgraf, 511 U.S. at 270, 278 , 114 S.Ct. 1483 ; (2) the amendment is `curative,' In re F.D. Processing, Inc., 119 Wash.2d [452,] 461-62[, 832 P.2d 1303 (1992) ]; or (3) the statute is `remedial,' McClendon, 131 Wash.2d at 861 , 935 P.2d 1334 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Densley v. Department of Retirement Systems