Fuller v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““issue — of whether one statute which fails in express terms to deny the effective force of another statute in whole or in part has, nevertheless, accomplished such result by implication— [i]t is important to emphasize . that the fundamental nature of the inquiry is the ascertainment, of the overall legislative design. In this context, then, it will be recognized that no single factor will necessarily be absolutely controlling under all circumstances. Furthermore, while cases will often refer to, and apply, various principles of statutory interpreta tion, the emphasis must remain that such rules are utilized only as aids and guides rather than as controlling determinants.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Anderson

2. ““ . . . regardless of whether constitutional requirements of In Re Gault had been violated when petitioner was found to be a juvenile offender and was committed to the Men’s Correctional Center, his confinement . . . had been continuing as a lawful operative fact.” (282 A.2d p. 850)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Higgins