Brinkerhoff v. Brinkerhoff’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
November 2021
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on World Peace Movement of America v. Newspaper Agency Corp. · Ong International (U.S.A.) Inc. v. 11th Avenue Corp. · Burt v. Burt · Bell v. Bell · Gribble v. Gribble
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We will interpret a statute according to its plain language ....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“When interpreting a statute, we look first to the plain language.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Diener v. Diener
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.