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← 409 SC 493 - Ranucci v. Crain

Ranucci v. Crain’s Empirical Analysis

2014

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited

8 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on I'On, L.L.C. v. Town of Mt. Pleasant · Joiner Ex Rel. Rivas v. Rivas · Sloan v. Hardee · Town of Mt. Pleasant v. Roberts · South Carolina State Ports Authority v. Jasper County

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.

  1. “'When a statute's terms are clear and unambiguous on their face, there is no room for statutory construction and a court must apply the statute according to its literal meaning.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “In interpreting a statute, '[w]ords must be given their plain and ordinary meaning without resort to subtle or forced construction to limit or expand the statute's operation.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “'The cardinal rule of statutory interpretation is to ascertain and effectuate the intention of the legislature.'”
    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.