31 Va. App. 233 - Rasmussen v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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39 state decisions

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

1. ““[l]egislative intent may ... be gleaned by consulting other statutes “using the same phraseology,” [Gilliam v. Commonwealth, 21 Va.App. 519, 523 , 465 S.E.2d 592, 594 (1996)], and “[‘]statutes which relate to the same subject matter should be read, construed and applied together[,’]” Alger v. Commonwealth, 19 Va.App. 252, 256 , 450 S.E.2d 765, 767 (1994) [(quoting Black’s Law Dictionary 791 (6th ed. 1990))].””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 37 Va. App. 156 - Dalo v. Commonwealth · 48 Va. App. 196 - Saunders v. Commonwealth

2. “[this Court] must assume that `the legislature chose, with care, the words it used when it enacted the relevant statute, and we are bound by those words as we interpret the statute.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 Va. App. 474 - Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co. v. Testerman · 53 Va. App. 616 - Gordon v. Ford Motor Co.

3. “Any person ... who operates a motor vehicle upon a highway ... shall be deemed thereby, as a condition of such operation, to have consented to have samples of his blood, breath, or both blood and breath taken for a chemical test to determine the alcohol, drug, or both alcohol and drug content of his blood.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Barber