Soward v. Mahan’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · Shadow Lake of Noel, Inc. v. Supervisor of Liquor Control · Wilson v. Director of Revenue · Brown v. Weir · Conagra Poultry Co. v. Director of Revenue
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The primary rule of statutory construction requires courts to ascertain the intent of the legislature by considering the plain and ordinary meaning of the words used in the statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Truong v. Truong“Judicial review of a school board's decision to terminate a teacher is governed by Chapter 536.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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