232 Mich. App. 71 - People v. McIntire’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`When a legislature has unambiguously conveyed its intent in a statute, the statute speaks for itself and there is no need for judicial construction; the proper role of a court is simply to apply the terms of the statute to the circumstances in a particular case.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Niles Twp. v. Berrien Cty. Bd. of Comm'rs · Local Area Watch v. City of Grand Rapids

2. “`Because our judicial role precludes imposing different policy choices than those selected by the Legislature, our obligation is, by examining the statutory language, to discern the legislative intent that may reasonably be inferred from the words expressed in the statute.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. People v. Sobczak-Obetts

3. “`[I]n our democracy, a legislature is free to make inefficacious or even unwise policy choices. The correction of these policy choices is not a judicial function as long as the legislative choices do not offend the constitution.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 274 Mich. App. 184 - Usf Ins. & Gua. Co. v. McCa