State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 9 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A court should presume that “the Legislature used each word in the statute purposely and that the use of these words conveys some intent and had a meaning and purpose.” Locust v. State, 912 S.W.2d 716, 718 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995) (citation omitted); see also Bryant v. HCA Health Services of No. Tennessee, Inc., 15 S.W.3d [804]at 809 [ (Tenn. 2000) ]. In sum, “[w]here words of the statute are clear and plain and fully express the legislature’s intent, there is no room to resort to auxiliary rules of construction, and we need only enforce the statute as written.” Browder v. Morris, 975 S.W.2d [308]at 311 [ (Tenn. 1998) ] (citations omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re: I.E.A.

2. ““... a person who is adjudged infamous or deprived of rights of citizenship does not have an absolute right to the restoration of the full rights of citizenship, even upon satisfying the requirements of Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-29-101, et seq. Instead, the restoration of citizenship process is subject to the requirements and restrictions imposed by the legislature.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Ferguson