State v. Kalama’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
46
cited by 46 later decisions
1
states following
November 2019
most recently cited
44 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ratzlaf et Ux United States · Crandon v. United States · State v. Richie · Hatsumi Yoshizaki v. Hilo Hospital · State v. Eastman
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`[W]here the statutory language is plain and unambiguous, our sole duty is to give effect to its plain and obvious meaning.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[W]e do not resort to legislative history to cloud a statutory text that is clear.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hen the definition of an offense specifies the state of mind sufficient for the commission of that offense, without distinguishing among the elements thereof, the specified state of mind shall apply to all elements of the offense, unless a contrary purpose plainly appears.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Mainaaupo · State v. Vliet
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.