Leppo v. State Highway Administration’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently May 2020 · most notably State v. Wiegmann (1998), Rios v. Montgomery County (2005)
37 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Kaczorowski v. Mayor of Baltimore · Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Gartelman · Warfield v. State · Cotham and Maldonado v. Board of County Commissioners · Simpson v. Moore
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The 180-day requirement is a condition precedent to the institution of a third-party action against the State---[T]he only exceptions designated are cross-claims and counterclaims. The General Assembly could have added third-party claims to this short list, but it chose not to do so.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Heron v. Strader · Haupt v. State“When a court is engaged in the divination of legislative “intent,” the key is the purpose of the legislation, determined in the light of the statute’s language and context. Kaczorowski v. City of Baltimore, 309 Md. 505, 516 , 525 A.2d 628 (1987). When we look at the statutory language we apply the plain meaning of the words chosen by the Legislature. Scheve v. Shudder, 328 Md. 363, 371-372 , 614 A.2d 582 (1992); Revis v. Automobile Ins. Fund, 322 Md. 688, 686, 589 A.2d 483 (1991). If the statutory language itself is insufficient to lead us comfortably to conclude what the Legislature intended, we look beyond the words and examine legislative history when it is available and the context of the legislation. Warfield v. State, 315 Md. 474, 499-500 , 554 A.2d 1238 (1989).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Rendelman“Our procedures permit third-party actions but just how they fit into the MCTA is far from evident. Absent clear legislative direction, third-party actions and § 12-106(b) must be reconciled to reflect the best interests of justice—fairness both to the third-party plaintiff and to the State. Although the matter of compliance vel non with § 12-106(b) is a matter of law, we are reluctant to resolve it prior to the parties having the opportunity to folly brief and argue the issue. We think that it should first be argued and decided below, thereby giving the third-party complainant and the State the opportunity to be heard. In the event of an appeal they could fully express and support their respective views by way of brief and argument.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Haupt v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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