State v. Jacobs’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
87
cited by 87 later decisions
1
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
86 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State, Dept. of Ecology v. Campbell & Gwinn · In the Matter of Charles · WPPA v. State, Dept. of Revenue · 117 Wash. 2d 576 - State v. Roberts · State v. DeSantiago
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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f the statute's meaning is plain on its face, then the court must give effect to that plain meaning as an expression of legislative intent.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage“the context of the statute in which that provision is found, related provisions, and the statutory scheme as a whole.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage“If a statute is ambiguous, the rule of lenity requires us to interpret the statute in favor of the defendant absent legislative intent to the contrary.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Cruz · State v. Reed
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.