Harris v. Mahone’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Deal v. Coleman · Zaldivar v. Prickett · Chase v. State · Couch v. Red Roof Inns, Inc. · Mason v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he doctrine of separation of powers is an immutable constitutional principle which must be strictly enforced, and under that doctrine, statutory construction belongs to the courts, legislation to the legislature. Thus, we cannot and will not add a line to the law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“when the language of a statute is plain and susceptible of only one natural and reasonable construction, courts must construe the statute accordingly.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the plaintiff recovers a final judgment in an amount greater than 125 percent of such offer of settlement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.