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1986

Citation profile

41
cited by 41 later decisions
1
states following
November 2017
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 37 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably 596 So. 2d 957 - Traylor v. State (1992), 551 So. 2d 1186 - In re T.W. (1989)

2 federal appellate · 37 state decisions

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Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

Relationships

Relies on Tisdale v. United States · 365 So. 2d 704 - Smith v. State · State v. Webb · Koehler v. Engle · Washington v. State

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

  1. “[i]f a statute may reasonably be construed in more than one manner, this Court is obligated to adopt the construction that comports with the dictates of the Constitution.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “Pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.150, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has certified to us a question of law concerning the Florida Wrongful Death Act. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, Sec. 3(b)(6), Fla. Const. 3”
    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.