State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
June 2020
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ward v. Intermountain Farmers Ass'n · Central Florida Investments, Inc. v. Parkwest Associates · Gillmor v. Wright · State v. Patience · 2005 UT App 351 - Gillmor v. MacEy
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[ulnder Utah law, if the initial review of the plain language of the contract, within its four corners, reveals no patently obvious ambiguities, the inquiry into whether an ambiguity exists does not end there.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Many courts, including the Utah Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court, have referred to plea agreements as contracts and have applied principles derived from contract law to plea agreements.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“courts are particularly willing to identify ambiguities in plea agreements because of the significant constitutional rights the defendant waives by entering a guilty plea.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.