State v. Ervin’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State, Dept. of Ecology v. Campbell & Gwinn · State v. Jacobs · Christensen v. Ellsworth · State v. Bobic · In Re Detention of Williams
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'the context of the statute in which the provision is found, related provisions, and the statutory scheme as a whole.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Smith · State v. S.M.G.“'to give effect to all language, so as to render no portion meaningless or superfluous.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is true that we presume the legislature does not intend absurd results and, where possible, interpret ambiguous language to avoid such absurdity.”
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.