776 So. 2d 262 - Pinellas County v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “where a governmental entity provides access to traditional utility services, this Court has not hesitated to uphold local ordinances imposing mandatory fees, regardless of whether an individual customer actually uses or desires the service.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 778 So. 2d 519 - City of Gainesville v. STATE, DOT · 863 So. 2d 138 - City of Gainesville v. State

2. “the County, which was authorized by its home rule charter powers and the Special Acts to add reclaimed water improvements to its existing water and sewer system, was not required to comply with additional requirements of chapter 153, Florida Statutes, where it neither relied, nor was required to rely, upon such supplemental authority.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 796 So. 2d 1159 - Roper v. City of Clearwater

3. “§ 403.031(17), Fla. Stat. (1997) (providing that storm water management programs are to be operated `as a typical utility which bills services regularly, similar to water and wastewater services')”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 778 So. 2d 519 - City of Gainesville v. STATE, DOT