State v. Bodden’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Beach v. Ocwen Federal Bank · 604 So. 2d 452 - Forsythe v. Longboat Key Beach Erosion · 382 So. 2d 697 - State v. Bender · 830 So. 2d 817 - State v. Goode · 768 So. 2d 432 - Joshua v. City of Gainesville
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is a basic rule of statutory construction that `the Legislature does not intend to enact useless provisions, and courts should avoid readings that would render part of a statute meaningless.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“IS THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUIRED TO ADOPT RULES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT GOVERNING THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION, AND ANALYSIS OF URINE SAMPLES OBTAINED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 316.1932(l)(a), FLORIDA STATUTES? 1”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Korth“[T]he legislature is presumed to know the meaning of words and the rules of grammar[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.