State v. Hatchett’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
June 2023
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · Rice v. Collins · State v. Wentz · State v. Roach · State v. Jucht
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When engaging in statutory interpretation, we give words their plain meaning and effect, and read statutes as a whole, as well as enactments relating to the same subject. When the language in a statute is clear, certain, and unambiguous, there is no reason for construction, and this Court’s only function is to declare the meaning of the statute as clearly expressed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“cannot add language that simply is not there.”
1 later decision 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.