People v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · United States v. Jorn · Oregon v. Kennedy · Mart Corporation v. Cartier Inc 47th Street Photo Inc · United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Ass'n
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“' " 'The literal meaning of the words of a statute may be disregarded to avoid absurd results....' " [Citations.]' [Citation.] But the absurdity doctrine should only be used in ' " extreme cases ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“rewrite the statute[ ] under the absurd consequences doctrine.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.