540 So. 2d 1350 - Ex Parte Ward’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently July 2013
19 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 Thomas v. Arn · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Washingtonsouthern Nav Co v. Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Co · State Ex Rel. Blood v. Gibson Circuit Court · 356 So. 2d 242 - Odom 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There are, however, some limitations on our authority to promulgate and effectuate rules. "[R]ules shall not abridge, enlarge or modify the substantive right of any party." ... Nor, generally, can a rule of court enlarge or restrict jurisdiction. [Emphasis added]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“'[R]ules shall not abridge, enlarge or modify the substantive right of any party.' *Page 377 . . . Nor, generally, can a rule of court enlarge or restrict jurisdiction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“to promulgate and implement rules binding on inferior courts as to which we are charged with superintendence and control.”
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.