State v. Otten’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2011
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Cybulski · State v. McWilliams · State v. Stiffarm · State v. Christiansen · Goles v. Neumann
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the construction of a statute, the office of the judge is simply to ascertain and declare what is in terms or in substance contained therein, not to insert what has been omitted or to omit what has been inserted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re JA“A statute is to be construed according to its plain meaning, and if the language is clear and unambiguous, no further interpretation is required.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re JA
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.