508 So. 2d 1307 - Powell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1987

Citation profile

cited by 17 later decisions

states following

November 2007

most recently cited

16 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently November 2007

16 state decisions

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 Connally v. General Construction Co. · 453 So. 2d 1351 - SE FISHERIES v. Dept. of Nat. Resources · 222 So. 2d 732 - Hayes v. Adobe Brick & Supply Co. · 86 Cal. App. 3d 45 - Bechtel Corp. v. Industrial Indemnity Co. · 451 So. 2d 477 - Gardner v. Johnson

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

“A cardinal rule of statutory construction requires that, unless otherwise defined or limited by manifest legislative intent, statutory language is to be given its plain and ordinary meaning. Southeastern Fisheries Association, Inc. v. Department of Natural Resources, 453 So.2d 1351 (Fla.1984). Although the critical words are not statutorily defined, they can be readily understood by reference to commonly accepted dictionary definitions. See Gardner v. Johnson, 451 So.2d 477 (Fla.1984); Miller, The Medium is the Message: Standards of Review in Criminal Constitutional Cases in Florida, 11 Nova Law Review 97, 124 (1986) (standard dictionary definitions are reliable sources for plain and ordinary language definitions).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. NAT. FED. OF RET. PERSONS v. Dept. of Ins. · 993 So. 2d 540 - Blow v. State
“[4] Oppression has been defined in a civil action as”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. NAT. FED. OF RET. PERSONS v. Dept. of Ins. · 510 So. 2d 1045 - Sims v. State
“Id. It is only necessary that the language of the statute convey a sufficiently definite warning as to the proscribed conduct when measured by common understanding and practices. Id. Where a statute does not specifically define words of common usage, such words must be given their plain and ordinary meaning. S.E. Fisheries, supra, [at] 1353. Further, as a general rule, the question of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. Habie v. Krischer

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