Ex Parte Ward’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bounds v. Smith · Smith v. Bennett · Ex Parte United Service Stations, Inc. · Procup v. Strickland · 720 So. 2d 893 - Sanders v. Empire Fire and Marine Ins. Co.
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'In determining the meaning of a statute or a court rule, this Court looks first to the plain meaning of the words as they are written.' Ex parte Ward , 957 So.2d 449 , 452 (Ala. 2006).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“' Ex parte Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Co. , 720 So.2d 893 , 894 (Ala. 1998).'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Words used in a statute must be given their natural, plain, ordinary, and commonly understood meaning, and where plain language is used a court is bound to interpret that language to mean exactly what it says.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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