Heathscott v. Raff’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Craig v. Harney · State Ex Rel. Chavez v. Evans · Little v. State ex rel. Parsell · State v. Matthews · LaFever v. Ware
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One of the fundamental principles or rules in the construction of a constitution is that effect must be given to every part and that, unless there is some clear reason to the contrary, no portion of the fundamental law should be treated as superfluous, meaningless, or inoperative.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Martin v. Humphrey
How this case has been treated — in progress
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