People v. Diaz’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
36
cited by 36 later decisions
1
states following
May 2025
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 35 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. People of State of New York · Robinson v. Shell Oil Co. · Smith v. Executive Custom Homes, Inc. · Evans v. Romer · Turbyne v. People
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n interpreting a statute, we must accept the General Assembly's choice of language and not add or imply words that simply are not there.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Medved · People v. Brown“The plainness or ambiguity of statutory language is determined by reference to the language itself, the specific context in which that language is used, and the broader context of the statute as a whole.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Miller v. Hancock“[slimply because a statutory classification creates a harsh result in one instance does not mean that the statute fails to meet constitutionality requirements under the rational basis standard.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Dean v. People
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.