Pfiffner v. Roth’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Community Communications Company Inc v. City of Boulder Colorado · Perkins v. Standard Oil Co. of California · Vinson v. Linn-Mar Community School District · Young v. City of Des Moines · Neyens v. Roth
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.
“As a general observation, a change such as this, which provided for an exemption where none existed before, would have to be considered a substantive change. In interpreting such an amendment to a statute, there is a presumption of a change in legal rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Adam v. State“This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit: [[Image here]] 4. The activities or arrangements expressly approved or regulated by any regulatory body or officer acting under authority of this state or of the United States.”
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.