Kozmina v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

42 state decisions

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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When the language of a statute is unambiguous, we are bound by the plain meaning of that language. Furthermore, we must give effect to the legislature’s intention as expressed by the language used unless a literal interpretation of the language would result in a manifest absurdity. If a statute is subject to more than one interpretation, we must apply the interpretation that will carry out the legislative intent behind the statute.””

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth of Virginia v. Charles Lordell Jefferson, Jr. · Va. Elec. & Power Co. v. State Corp. Comm'n

2. “plain, obvious, and rational meaning of a statute is to be preferred over any curious, narrow, or strained construction”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. JSR Mechanical, Inc. v. Aireco Supply, Inc.