State v. Paul’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 2005
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brinkerhoff v. Forsyth · Smith v. Batchelor · Ward v. Richfield City · West Jordan v. Morrison · Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Service Commission
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[W]e have nothing to do with what the-law ought to be. We must be guided by the law as it is. We cannot by construction liberalize the statute and enlarge its provisions. When language is clear and unambiguous, it must be held to mean what it expresses, and no room is left for construction.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“enhancement statute). Because the Legislature failed to do so, under the plain language of the statute, the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“must construe the statute according to its plain language.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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