Kuhn v. Beede’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently March 1995
9 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Reynolds v. Sims · Dunn v. Blumstein · United States v. Tom Mosley · Parvin v. Wimberg · 39 Ill. 2d 191 - Craig v. Peterson
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.
““Aids in construction of ambiguous statutes. — If a statute is ambiguous, the court, in determining the intention of the legislation, may consider among other matters: 1. The object sought to be attained. 2. The circumstances under which the statute was enacted. 3. The legislative history. 4. The common law or former statutory provisions, including laws upon the same or similar subjects. 5. The consequences of a particular construction. [[Image here]]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“It is well settled that the courts should not assume authority to take any steps in legislative contests unless clearly authorized, and then only to the extent specifically given.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent““Intentions in the enactment of statutes. — In enacting a statute, it is presumed that: [[Image here]] 2. The entire statute is intended to be effective. . . . ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.