Dellinger v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
2
states following
July 2018
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Brady v. State of Maryland · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Herrera v. Collins · House v. Bell
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We must presume that the General Assembly 'did not intend an absurdity and adopt, if possible, a reasonable construction which provides for a harmonious operation of the laws.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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