State v. Parmer’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1987
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Lewis · PPG Industries Canada Ltd. v. Kreuscher · Pettigrew v. Home Insurance Co. · O'Neill Production Credit Ass'n v. Schnoor · State v. Robinson
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A penal statute is required to be strictly construed and should be given a sensible construction. [Citation omitted.] A statute should be construed in the context of the object sought to be accomplished, the evils and mischiefs that are sought to be remedied, and the purpose for which it serves. [Citation omitted.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hicks
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.