McAdams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Alford · Rasmussen v. Baker · Parker Land & Cattle Co. v. Wyoming Game & Fish Commission · Allied-Signal, Inc. v. Wyoming State Board of Equalization · Jahnke v. State
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Determining the lawmakers' intent is our primary focus when we interpret statutes. Initially, we make an inquiry respecting the ordinary and obvious meaning of the words employed according to their arrangement and connection. We construe together all parts of the statutes in pari materia, giving effect to each word, clause, and sentence so that no part will be inoperative or superfluous. We will not con strue statutes in a manner which renders any portion meaningless or produces absurd results.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. WJH v. State
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.