660 So. 2d 313 - Walker v. Bentley’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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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. “IS THE WORD "SHALL" AS USED IN SECTION 741.30(8)(a), FLORIDA STATUTES (SUPP.1994), TO BE INTERPRETED AS MANDATORY RATHER THAN AS PERMISSIVE OR DIRECTORY? IF INTERPRETED AS MANDATORY, IS SECTION 741.30(8)(a), FLORIDA STATUTES (SUPP.1994), AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL ENCROACHMENT ON THE CONTEMPT POWER OF THE JUDICIARY IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE II, SECTION 3 OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION?”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 678 So. 2d 334 - Ross v. Bentley · 678 So. 2d 335 - Ramirez v. Bentley

2. “be treated as an illegal act rather than a private matter, and for that reason, indirect criminal contempt may no longer be used to enforce compliance with injunctions for protection against domestic violence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 678 So. 2d 1265 - Walker v. Bentley

3. “our decision has statewide significance in an area involving how to best address one of the most serious problems confronting our society—violence within the domestic context ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 678 So. 2d 1265 - Walker v. Bentley