Castelli v. Carcieri’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Accent Store Design, Inc. v. Marathon House, Inc. · Taylor v. National Life Insurance · Carlson v. McLyman · State v. Bryant · G & M Employment Service, Inc. v. Commonwealth
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.
“We have held that the use of the word 'shall' contemplates something mandatory or the 'imposition of a duty.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.