685 So. 2d 742 - Sam v. Beaird’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 547 So. 2d 870 - West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of Florida · 598 So. 2d 1350 - Carter v. Henderson · 460 So. 2d 1219 - Alabama Farm Bureau Mut. v. City of Hartselle · 516 So. 2d 846 - Biddie v. State · 614 So. 2d 409 - PACIFIC ENT. OIL v. Howell Petroleum
Most-quoted passages
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“`[t]his court's role in the area of statutory construction is to ascertain and effectuate the intent of the legislature.'”
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.