People v. Small’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “a modifying clause will be construed to modify only the last antecedent unless some language in the statute requires a different interpretation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 325 Mich. App. 449 - People of Michigan v. Edward Michael Czuprynski