State v. Santos’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 29 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]hen the language of a statute is clear and unambiguous, this Court must interpret the statute literally and must give the words of the statute their plain and ordinary meanings.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Frederick Gibson Frederick Gibson v. State of Rhode Island · In re B.H.

2. “Any person who since July 1, 1992 has been, or shall hereafter be convicted of any offense in violation of this chapter, or convicted in another state of first degree sexual assault which if committed in this state would constitute a violation of this chapter, shall, within sixty (60) days after [July 21, 1992], or within thirty (30) days of coming into any city or town in which such person shall reside, register with the chief of police of said city or town.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Stevens

3. “[I]t is axiomatic that 'this Court will not broaden statutory provisions by judicial interpretation unless such interpretation is necessary and appropriate in carrying out the clear intent or defining the terms of the statute.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Soori-Arachi