Scott v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
18 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 1 U.S.C. § 1 (Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002) · 38 U.S.C. § 109
Relies on Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. · United States v. Wilson · Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global Group, L. P. · Carr v. United States · Sherley v. Sebelius
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.
“Because [t]he best evidence of the legislature's intent is the plain language of the statute itself, we look first to the plain language of the statute.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“our primary objective is to ascertain the intent of the legislature.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is well established that an appellate court may affirm a judgment if it is sustainable on any legal ground or theory apparent on the record, even though such ground or theory differs from that stated by the [district] court to be the basis of its ruling or action.”
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.