Executive Branch Ethics Commission v. Stephens’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Steelvest, Inc. v. Scansteel Service Center, Inc. · Bailey v. Reeves · Goodwin v. City of Louisville · Continental Casualty Co. v. Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Co. · Griffin v. City of Bowling Green
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If there is any doubt from the language used by the legislature as to the intent and purpose of the law, then courts in interpreting the statute should avoid a construction which would be unreasonable and absurd in preference to one which is reasonable, rational, sensible and intelligent.”); Johnson v. Frankfort and Cincinnati, 303 Ky. 256 , 197 S.W.2d 432 (1946) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The words of the statute are to be given their plain meaning unless to do so would constitute an absurd result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.