Manners v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 34 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is fundamental that penal statutes are to be strictly construed; that a statute in derogation of a common right and highly penal in character is only to be applied to cases clearly within its provisions; that penalties may not be created by construction, but must be avoided by construction unless they are brought within the letter and the necessary meaning of the act creating the penalty. This requires that where there is ambiguity it must be resolved against the penalty, and only those cases brought within the statute that are clearly within its meaning and intention.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Milk Control Board v. Pursifull · Gingerich v. State

2. ““Under this statute the court has complete jurisdiction to provide for the support and custody of minor children, and it is well settled that the jurisdiction continues during the minority of the children, and that the decree may be changed or modified. It is also well established that the court has power to enforce its orders for support by contempt proceedings.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rager v. Rager · 135 Ind. App. 8 - Kizer v. Kizer

3. ““The case should not be considered as authority, at least, in cases where there is a controversy as to whether the husband is complying with the order of the divorce court in respect to the support of the children, and where it does not appear that the children are not being supported.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martin v. State · Gilmour v. State