912 So. 2d 550 - Clines v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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32 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 the statute is clear and unambiguous and conveys a clear and definite meaning, there is no occasion for resorting to the rules of statutory interpretation and construction; the statute must be given its plain and obvious meaning.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gonzalez v. State · 932 So. 2d 1067 - State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Nichols

2. “`repeatedly held that the plain meaning of statutory language is the first consideration of statutory construction.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gonzalez v. State · 945 So. 2d 1216 - DADELAND DEPOT. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine

3. “all parts of a statute must be read together in order to achieve a consistent whole.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 934 So. 2d 1238 - City of Hollywood v. Mulligan · 961 So. 2d 284 - Hilton v. State