2 Cal. 4th 556 - Burden v. Snowden’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
591 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 591 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably 14 Cal. 4th 605 - People v. Gardeley (1996), 9 Cal. 4th 863 - Chia-Lee Hsu v. Abbara (1995)
591 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 28 Cal. 3d 692 - California Teachers Ass'n v. San Diego Community College District · 54 Cal. 3d 202 - Mary M. v. City of Los Angeles · 53 Cal. 3d 282 - Tapia v. Superior Court · 32 Cal. 3d 128 - Baggett v. Gates · 33 Cal. 3d 211 - Tiernan v. Trustees of California State University and Colleges
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 591 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he rules governing statutory construction are well settled. We begin with the fundamental premise that the objective of statutory interpretation is to ascertain and effectuate legislative intent. ( Kimmel v. Goland (1990) 51 Cal.3d 202, 208 [ 271 Cal.Rptr. 191 , 793 P.2d 524 ]; California Teachers Assn. v. San Diego Community College Dist. [(1981)] 28 Cal.3d [692,] 698 [ 170 Cal.Rptr. 817 , 621 P.2d 856 ].) `In determining intent, we look first to the language of the statute, giving effect to its "plain meaning.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Where the words of the statute are clear, we may not add to or alter them to accomplish a purpose that does not appear on the face of the statute or from its legislative history.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the rights and protections provided to peace officers under this chapter constitute a matter of statewide concern. The Legislature further finds and declares that effective law enforcement depends upon the maintenance of stable employer-employee relations, between public safety employees and their employers. In order to assure that stable relations are continued throughout the state and to further assure that effective services are provided to all people of the state, it is necessary that this chapter be applicable to all public safety officers, as defined in this section, wherever situated within the State of California.”
2 later decisions 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.