Longfellow v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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

1. “We also know that “[a]ll laws of a general nature shall have a uniform operation.” Wyo. Const, art. 1, § 34; Washakie County School District No. 1. v. Herschler, 606 P.2d 310 (Wyo.1980), cert. denied sub nom Hot Springs County School District No. 1 v. Washakie County School District No. 1, 449 U.S. 824 , 101 S.Ct. 86 , 66 L.Ed.2d 28 (1980). See Nehring v. Russell, 582 P.2d 67 (Wyo.1978). This rule demands that these statutes be applied uniformly throughout the state, * * *.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Board of County Commissioners v. Geringer

2. “This court has no power to add to, or to substitute, words in the statute. That authority is vested in the legislature, and we will not, nor should we, encroach upon its proper authority.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Estate of Fosler

3. “There is a presumption in law that an omission is intentional where particular words or terms appear in one provision, but not in another related provision.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Schafer v. State