Hinkle v. Wayne County Clerk’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This Court applies principles of statutory interpretation to the interpretation of court rules. When the language is unambiguous, we must enforce the meaning plainly expressed, and judicial construction is not permitted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Hawkins

2. “[t]he interpretation of a court rule is a question of law and is reviewed de novo.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Hawkins