Matthews v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 2013
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 645 So. 2d 377 - Spencer v. State · Gay v. Canada Dry Bottling Co. of Florida · Finley v. Scott · 695 So. 2d 691 - Thompson v. State · Ivey v. Chicago Ins. Co.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an amendment to a statute is enacted soon after controversies as to the interpretation of the original act arise, a court may consider that amendment as a legislative interpretation of the original law and not as a substantive change thereof.”
2 later decisions 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.