429 So. 2d 1016 - Smith v. Hines’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]here the language is ambiguous, `its construction will not be extended by implication or include anything not plainly prohibited and all doubts and ambiguities must be resolved against [the party seeking enforcement].'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 961 So. 2d 141 - Smith v. Ledbetter

2. “`[n]o building shall be erected, altered, placed or permitted to remain on any lot other than one detached single family dwelling of not less than 1,100 square feet and a private garage for not more than two cars.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 961 So. 2d 141 - Smith v. Ledbetter

3. “not, in clear, unambiguous terms, mandate that each house constructed . . . include a garage. . . ., garages are optional.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 961 So. 2d 141 - Smith v. Ledbetter