Atkinson v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the view among many states is that the purpose of the “actual physical control” language in DWI provisions is preventive, aimed to protect the public from what inebriated individuals “might” do (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• “When interpreting a statute, we assume that words have there ordinary and natural meaning.”
• similar “actual physical control” provision encompasses “directing influence” on a vehicle

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

47 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Nesbit v. Government Employees Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-07-23· cited 136×
• State v. Rask
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2016-08-26· cited 106×
• Maryland Division of Labor & Industry v. Triangle General Contractors, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-11-06· cited 57×
• State v. Sims
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2010-06-08· cited 55×
• State v. Harrell
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-11-18· cited 43×
• City of Naperville v. Watson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-02-20· cited 37×
• Belote v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2009-10-13· cited 36×
• Motor Vehicle Administration v. Lytle
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-04-08· cited 36×
• Pacheco v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2019-08-12· cited 34×
• Maryland House of Correction v. Fields
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-12-15· cited 30×
• State v. Zaragoza
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2009-06-03· cited 26×
• Herd v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-02-24· cited 26×
• State v. Haight
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-08-22· cited 26×
• Bruno v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-11-17· cited 25×
• State v. Love
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1995-06-27· cited 23×
• Annapolis Market Place, L.L.C. v. Parker
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-07-18· cited 23×
• United States v. McFarland
  First Circuit· 2006-04-12· cited 18×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-08-10· cited 18×
• Motor Vehicle Administration v. Atterbeary
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-04-09· cited 17×
• State v. Rivera
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-01-30· cited 17×

Cites

31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Tichnell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-06-10· cited 300×
• NCR Corp. v. Comptroller of the Treasury
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-07-29· cited 96×
• Hughes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1975-05-13· cited 83×
• Barnes v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1976-03-31· cited 72×
• State v. Schwalk
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1988-10-18· cited 69×
• Matter of Clayton
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1988-01-07· cited 60×
• Richmond v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-04-13· cited 56×
• Management Personnel Services, Inc. v. Sandefur
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-07-16· cited 56×
• State v. Ghylin
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1977-01-27· cited 54×
• Covington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-05-22· cited 50×
• State v. Schuler
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1976-06-11· cited 43×
• State v. Zavala
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1983-06-07· cited 41×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-04-12· cited 39×
• City of Cincinnati v. Kelley
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1976-07-14· cited 38×
• Ex Parte City of Gadsden
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-09-19· cited 32×
• State v. Bugger
  Utah Supreme Court· 1971-04-06· cited 30×
• Adams v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1985-04-09· cited 27×
• People v. Cummings
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-11-07· cited 24×
• Key v. Town of Kinsey
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1982-12-28· cited 21×