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State v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis

1965

Citation profile

162
cited by 162 later decisions
5
states following
May 2011
most recently cited

156 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 162 later decisions — most recently May 2011 · most notably Willow Springs Condominium Ass'n v. Seventh BRT Development Corp. (1998), White v. Burns (1990)

156 state decisions

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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

Relies on Townsend v. Sain · Fay v. Noia · Morissette v. United States · Lisenba v. People of State of California · Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

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

  1. “Statutory language is to be given its plain and ordinary meaning unless such meaning is clearly at odds with the legislative intent.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
    e.g. 37 Conn. Super. Ct. 654 - Glenn Chaffer, Inc. v. Kennedy · State v. Skakel, No. Fstcr00-135792t (Apr. 5, 2001)
  2. “It is fundamental that `circumstantial evidence may be as cogent and convincing as direct evidence and may properly be found to outweigh conflicting direct evidence.'... `Circumstantial evidence is not only sufficient, but also may be more certain, satisfying and persuasive than direct evidence.'... `[Triers] must necessarily rely upon circumstantial evidence and are entitled to draw reasonable and logical inferences from all the facts.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. State v. Servello
  3. “Our common law also considers a minor to be any person under the age of twenty-one . . .”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. Natale v. Caron, No. 111113 (May 21, 1997)

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.