Baker v. Shields’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Auen v. Alcoholic Beverages Division of Iowa Department of Commerce · Pacific Discount Co., Inc. v. Jackson · State Public Defender v. Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County · Schadendorf v. Snap-On Tools Corp. · Industry to Industry, Inc. v. Hillsman Modular Molding, Inc.
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.
“In the construction of the statutes, the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the general assembly, or repugnant to the context of the statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“inconsistent, irreconcilable, or in disagreement with the other language of a statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“repugnant is a strong term and presents a high hurdle”
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.