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Richards v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

2012

Citation profile

29
cited by 29 later decisions
1
states following
November 2023
most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 27 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Marion Energy, Inc. v. KFJ Ranch Partnership · J.M.W. v. T.I.Z. · State ex rel. Z.C. · 30 Utah 2d 154 - Jensen v. Eddy · R.E. v. B.B.

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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “When interpreting a statute ... [wle employ plain language analysis to carry out the legislative purpose of the statute as expressed through the enacted text.”
    6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “Where a statute's language is unambiguous and provides a workable result, we need not resort to other interpretive tools, and our analysis ends.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “On certiorari, we review the decision of the court of appeals for correctness, giving no deference to its conclusions of law.”
    3 later decisions 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.