Carpenter's Case’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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

1. ““An aggrieved party may seek judicial review of a decision of the board concerning workers’ compensation benefits. G. L. c. 152, § 12(2). As specified in. . . § 12(2), we review the board’s decision in accordance with the standards set forth in G. L. c. 30A, § 14(7)(a)-(d), (/), and (g). Scheffler’s Case, 419 Mass. 251, 257-258 (1994). Pursuant to these statutory standards, we may reverse or modify the board’s decision when it is ‘[i]n violation of constitutional provisions,’ ‘[i]n excess of the statutory authority or jurisdiction of the agency,’ ‘[bjased upon an error of law,’ ‘[mjade upon unlawful procedure,’ ‘[Unwarranted by facts found . . . where the court is constitutionally required to make independent findings of fact,’ or is ‘[arbitrary or capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law.’ G. L. c. 30A, § 14(7)(a)-(<7), (/), and (g). Under these standards, in determining whether the board properly affirmed the administrative judge’s findings, we consider ‘whether the decision is factually warranted and not “[arbitrary or capricious,” in the sense of having adequate evidentiary and factual support and disclosing reasoned decision making.’ Scheffler’s Case, supra at 258. . . . Where a statute is involved, ‘[ajlthough “[t]he interpretation of a statute by the agency charged with primary responsibility for administering it is entitled to substantial deference,””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Goodwin's Case

2. “[A] statute must be interpreted according to the intent of the Legislature ascertained from all its words construed by the ordinary and approved usage of the language, considered in connection with the cause of its enactment, the mischief or imperfection to be remedied and the main object to be accomplished, to the end that the purpose of its framers may be effectuated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 179 - In re Robert Janocha's Case

3. “ultimately the duty of statutory interpretation is for the courts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 179 - In re Robert Janocha's Case