Cook v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
57
cited by 57 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 55 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tilton v. Commonwealth · Gallagher v. Commonwealth · Watkins v. Hall · Cummings v. Fulghum · Valley Acceptance Corp. v. Glasby
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“case law uses the phrase 'absurd result' to describe situations in which the law would be internally inconsistent or otherwise incapable of operation”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“Words in a statute should be interpreted, if possible, to avoid rendering words superfluous.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Here, it is entirely possible to carry out the law as written in unambiguous terms in a manner consistent with the General Assembly's apparent intent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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