State v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Bryan · Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia · DiProspero v. Penn · Vereen v. United States · De Vita v. Sills
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he approach taken in respect of the construction of court rules is the same as that for the construction of statutes.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We turn to extrinsic materials when the language of the rule is ambiguous and lends itself to more than one plausible interpretation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]e typically begin by examining the plain language of a court rule, and give the words their ordinary meaning.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.