Etkind v. Suarez’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably Garza v. State (2008), State v. Jackson (2010)
46 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 Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. P Casey P Casey · Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board · Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority v. Graves · Robeson v. International Indemnity Co. · Atlanta Obstetrics & Gynecology Group v. Abelson
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The application of the doctrine of stare decisis is essential to the performance of a well-ordered system of jurisprudence. In most instances, it is of more practical utility to have the law settled and to let it remain so, than to open it up to new constructions, as the personnel of the court may change, even though grave doubt may arise as to the correctness of the interpretation originally given to it.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“[T]he doctrine of separation of powers is an immutable constitutional principle which must be strictly enforced. Under that doctrine, statutory construction belongs to the courts, legislation to the legislature. We can not add a line to the law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Briggs v. State · State v. Fielden“"[E]ven those who regard `stare decisis' with something less than enthusiasm recognize that the principle has even greater weight where[, as here,] the precedent relates to interpretation of a statute." [Cit.] A reinterpretation of a statute after the General Assembly's implicit acceptance of the original interpretation would constitute a judicial usurpation of the legislative function.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Jackson
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.