Ray v. Barber’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Caminetti v. United States · Hollowell v. Jove · Houston v. Lowes of Savannah, Inc. · Scruggs v. Georgia Department of Human Resources · Tri-State Building & Supply, Inc. v. REID, ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As long as the [statutory] language is clear and does not lead to an unreasonable or absurd result, `it is the sole evidence of the ultimate legislative intent.' [Cit.]”
2 later decisions 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.