Boutwell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"must issue an order that the report be recorded and the property be condemned upon payment or deposit into the probate court of the damages and compensation so assessed. A notice of entry of said order and the amount of the award shall immediately be mailed by first class mail to each party whose address is known, together with a notice of the right to appeal therefrom to the circuit court within 30 days from the date of said order."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ala. Power Co. v. Armstrong (Ex parte Ala. Power Co.) · Worrell v. Shell

2. “"The commissioners must, within 20 days from their appointment, make a report in writing to the probate court stating the amount of damages and compensation ascertained and assessed by them for the owners of each tract of land ... and thereupon, within seven days, the probate court must issue an order that the report be recorded and the property be condemned upon payment or deposit into the probate court of the damages and compensation so assessed."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ala. Power Co. v. Armstrong (Ex parte Ala. Power Co.)

3. “`[P]rinciples of statutory construction instruct this Court to interpret the plain language of [the] statute to mean exactly what it says and to engage in judicial construction only if the language in the statute is ambiguous.' Ex parte Pratt, 815 So.2d 532 , 535 (Ala.2001).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 8 So. 3d 277 - Edwards v. Kia Motors of America, Inc.