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← 169 WASH2D 815 - State v. Ervin

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.

  1. “'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 passage
  2. “'to give effect to all language, so as to render no portion meaningless or superfluous.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “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.