State v. Ochoa’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2002
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on NJ Builders, Owners and Managers Association v. Blair · State v. Gill · New Capitol Bar & Grill Corp. v. Division of Employment Security · State v. Haliski · State v. A.N.J.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]here a literal reading will lead to a result not in accord with the essential purpose and design of the act, the spirit of the law will control its letter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“To that end, `words may be expanded or limited according to the manifest reason and obvious purpose of the law.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.