Noll v. Ritzer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “only if it creates an irreconcilable conflict with another provision or it is equally susceptible to more than one meaning.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 325 Mich. App. 275 - Christie Deruiter v. Township of Byron · 322 Mich. App. 648 - Charter Township of York v. Donald Miller

2. “Judicial construction of a statute is only permitted when statutory language is ambiguous,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 325 Mich. App. 275 - Christie Deruiter v. Township of Byron · 322 Mich. App. 648 - Charter Township of York v. Donald Miller