Rollins v. Pizzarelli’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
76
cited by 76 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
73 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 450 So. 2d 217 - Holly v. Auld · 604 So. 2d 452 - Forsythe v. Longboat Key Beach Erosion · Washington v. State · 537 So. 2d 564 - Magaw v. State · 604 So. 2d 471 - Green 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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen the language of the statute is clear and unambiguous and conveys a clear and definite meaning, there is no occasion for resorting to the rules of statutory interpretation and construction; the statute must be given its plain and obvious meaning.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`can be ascertained by reference to a dictionary.'. . . Further, it is a well-settled rule of statutory construction that in the absence of a statutory definition, courts can resort to definitions of the same term found in case law.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Crist v. Jaber · Tmh v. Dmt“for which personal injury protection benefits are paid or payable”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.