885 So. 2d 277 - Zingale v. Powell’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
42 state decisions
Relationships
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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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The fundamental object to be sought in construing a constitutional provision is to ascertain the intent of the framers and the provision must be construed or interpreted in such manner as to fulfill the intent of the people, never to defeat it. Such a provision must never be construed in such manner as to make it possible for the will of the people to be frustrated or denied.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[a]ny inquiry into the proper interpretation of a constitutional provision must begin with an examination of that provision's explicit language.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[C]onstitutional interpretation, like statutory interpretation, is performed de novo.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.