Raritan Development Corp. v. Silva’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]t seems clear that [the] zoning restrictions were never designed to combat the erection of primarily underground housing levels which do not contribute to bulky, high-rise development. It is eminently logical that cellars, housing levels that are more than halfway below the ground, would be excluded from FAR calculations notwithstanding the actual or intended use of the space”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kca v. Bza

2. “when applying its special expertise in a particular field to interpret statutory language, an agency's rational construction is entitled to deference.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 427 F. Supp. 2d 327 - Doo Nam Yang v. ACBL CORP.

3. “where the statutory language is clear and unambiguous, the court should construe it so as to give effect to the plain meaning of the words used”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Insurance Co. of North America v. ABB Power Generation, Inc.