People v. Gardner’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Taylor v. United States · United States v. Cronic · Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · Lockhart v. Fretwell
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The fundamental task of statutory construction is to discover and give effect to the intent of the Legislature.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“This Court reviews de novo questions of statutory interpretation.”
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.