State v. Balch’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. P Casey P Casey · 213 Ill. 2d 295 - People v. Carter · State v. Stratton · 191 N.C. App. 276 - State v. Garris · State v. Dean
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our goal is to apply statutes in light of the legislature's intent in enacting them, and in light of the policy sought to be advanced by the entire statutory scheme.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“When we interpret a statute, we look first to the statute's language, and, if possible, construe that language according to its plain and ordinary meaning.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“we apply the ordinary rules of grammar and common usage to assist us in interpreting a statute whose meaning depends heavily on sentence structure”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.