Lopez v. People

How courts have described this case

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

• when a court limits its discretion based on an erroneous conclusion of law, remand for reconsideration is appropriate
• “When construing a statute, ‘we first examine the plain language of the statute under the assumption that the legislature’s intent is manifest through the ordinary meaning of the words chosen.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Walters v. Walters
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-04-28· cited 48×
• Kalloo v. Estate of Small
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-03-27· cited 15×
• Heywood v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-12-21· cited 7×
• Davis v. American Youth Soccer Organization
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2016-01-20· cited 5×
• Alexander v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2016-12-06· cited 2×
• Government Employees Retirement System v. Government of Virgin Islands Office of Attorney General
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2016-05-12· cited 1×
• People v. Colon
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-05-09

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bailey v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1995-12-06· cited 3,526×
• Smith v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1993-08-09· cited 1,468×
• Leocal v. Ashcroft
  Supreme Court· 2004-11-09· cited 1,254×
• Dodd v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2005-06-20· cited 587×
• John Bethel v. McAllister Brothers, Inc. Frank J. Huesser Thomas Bethel, as Administrator of the Estate of John Bethel
  Third Circuit· 1996-04-17· cited 85×
• Pell v. EI DuPont De Nemours & Co. Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2008-08-08· cited 75×
• Blyden v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2010-07-07· cited 68×
• In Re Truong
  Third Circuit· 2008-01-16· cited 49×
• Williams v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-04-05· cited 44×
• Ramirez v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-03-02· cited 38×
• Shoy v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-11-14· cited 36×
• Rodriguez v. Bureau of Corrections
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-04-29· cited 31×
• Sonson v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-09-09· cited 11×