Pathmanathan v. St. Cloud State University’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
May 2003
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Forsham v. Harris · Becker v. Alloy Hardfacing & Engineering Co. · Doe v. Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners · Kugling v. Williamson
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The construction of a statute is a question of law and courts must adhere to the statute’s clear language, unless doing so would be inconsistent with the legislature’s manifest intent.”
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.