State v. Gordon’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
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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.
“A supplemental jury instruction given by the court to encourage a deadlocked jury, after prolonged deliberations, to reach a verdict. Allen v. United States, 164 U.S. 492 , 17 S.Ct. 154 , 41 L.Ed. 528 (1896).” Black’s Law Dictionary 87 (9th ed. 2009); see also State v. Gordon, 30 A.3d 636 , 640 n. 9 (R.I.2011); State v. Vargas, 21 A.3d 347 , 351 n. 8 (R.I.2011). . The relevant definition of the ancient, but certainly not fusty, word”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“When * * * statutory language is 'clear and unambiguous, this Court must interpret the statute literally and must give the words of the statute their plain and ordinary meanings.'”
1 later decision 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.