Cox v. Laycock’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 state decisions

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

1. “[T]o override the plain language under the absurdity doctrine, the operation of the plain language must be more than improvident, it must be so overwhelmingly absurd that no rational legislator could have intended the statute to operate in such a manner.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Utley v. Mill Man Steel, Inc. · 2018 UT App 102 - Design Acad. Inc. v. Albiston

2. “and we determine that such a gap was not the intent of the [legislative body], we must determine the best rule of law to ensure that the statute is applied uniformly.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Bruun · 2019 UT App 94 - Ferre v. Salt Lake City

3. “analyze the [ordinance] in its entirety and harmonize its provisions in accordance with the legislative intent and purpose.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Bruun · 2019 UT App 94 - Ferre v. Salt Lake City