Herman v. Berrien County’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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. “every ... word in the statute must be read and understood in its grammatical context,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mich. · 325 Mich. App. 403 - Total Armored Car Service Inc v. Department of Treasury

2. “we must consider both the plain meaning of the critical word or phrase as well as its placement and purpose in the statutory scheme.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 325 Mich. App. 403 - Total Armored Car Service Inc v. Department of Treasury

3. “the language of the statute is unambiguous,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mich.