People Ex Rel. J.L.’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State ex rel. Z.C. · In Re the Appeal of the Sales Tax Refund Applications of Black Hills Power & Light Co. · Western Consolidated Cooperative v. Pew · Moeller v. Weber · State v. Jones
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When the language in a statute is clear, certain[,] and unambiguous, there is no reason for construction, and the Court's only function is to declare the meaning of the statute as clearly expressed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“ambiguity is a condition of construction, and may exist where the literal meaning of a statute leads to an absurd or unreasonable conclusion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“presume[ ] that the legislature did not intend an absurd or unreasonable result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.