Larson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 45 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barnhart Commissioner of Social Security v. Thomas · Tuma v. Commissioner of Economic Security · American Tower, L.P. v. City of Grant · Meister v. Western National Mutual Insurance · Burnquist v. Cook
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The first step in statutory interpretation is to 'determine whether the language of the statute, on its face, is ambiguous.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A] limiting phrase ... ordinarily modifies only the noun or phrase that it immediately follows.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Stay · In re“If a statute is unambiguous, then we must apply the statute's plain meaning.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hall
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.