State v. Watkins’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Shabani · Marion Energy, Inc. v. KFJ Ranch Partnership · J.M.W. v. T.I.Z. · Martinez v. Media-Paymaster Plus/Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints · 26 Utah 2d 100 - Grant v. Utah State Land Board
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we interpret[ ] statutes to give meaning to all parts, and avoid[ ] rendering portions of the statute superfluous.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“was not defined in the statute under which the defendant was charged, and as a result, the jury instructions employed the definition provided in the Cohabitant Abuse Act, Id. 132 n. 2. The Utah Supreme Court, in vacating the defendant's conviction, noted that the definition of cohabitant found in the Cohabitant Abuse Act,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Ellis“provides two ways by which a person may occupy a position of special trust: either by occupying a position specifically listed by statute or by fitting the definition of a position of special trust”
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.