Phillips v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
62 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 14131 (§ 210303 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994)
Relies on Frye v. United States · Reed v. State · Armstead v. State · Douglas v. State · Derr v. State
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[o]ccasionally we see fit to examine extrinsic sources of legislative intent merely as a check of our reading of a statute's plain language.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a)(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Customer” means a retail natural gas customer. (3) “Eligible infrastructure replacement” means a replacement or an improvement in an existing infrastructure of a gas company that: (i) is made on or after June 1, 2013; (11) is designed to improve public safety or infrastructure reliability; (iii) does not increase the revenue of a gas company by connecting an improvement directly to new customers; (iv) reduces or has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a reduction in natural gas system leaks; and (v) is not included in the current rate base of the gas company as determined in the gas company’s most recent base rate proceeding. (4) “Plan” means a plan that a gas company files under subsection (d) of this section. (5) “Project” means an eligible infrastructure replacement project proposed by a gas company in a plan filed under this section. (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the purpose of this section is to accelerate gas infrastructure improvements in the State by establishing a mechanism for gas companies to promptly recover reasonable and prudent costs of investments in eligible infrastructure replacement projects separate from base rate proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“give due regard to the [circuit] court's role as fact-finder and will not set aside factual findings unless they are clearly erroneous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Givens v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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