People v. Baxter

How courts have described this case

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

• opining that a statute should “be interpreted to give consistent, harmonious and sensible effect to all its parts.”
• “. . .when construing the terms of a statute, we begin with its plain language .. .”
• ‘“[W]e begin interpreting a statute by examining the literal and plain language of the statute.”
• superseded by statute on other grounds

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Joseph v. Bureau of Corrections
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-03-07· cited 54×
• Martinez v. Colombian Emeralds, Inc.
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2009-03-04· cited 34×
• Codrington v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-07-20· cited 34×
• Connor v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2013-07-02· cited 21×
• Gerace v. Bentley
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2016-08-22· cited 14×
• Pate v. Government of the Virgin Islands
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2015-04-17· cited 10×
• Olive ex rel. People v. Dejongh
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-08-03· cited 6×
• Smith v. Henley
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-10-27· cited 4×
• In re Court Order Authorizing AT&T to Provide Historical Cell Tower Records
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-04-29· cited 3×
• Bertrand ex rel. Estate of Bertrand v. Cordiner Enterprises, Inc.
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-06-24· cited 3×
• Hawkins v. Greiner
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-04-27· cited 3×
• H.I. Construction, LLC v. Bay Isles Associates, LLLP
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2010-05-14· cited 2×
• Edward v. Genoa Inc.
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-01-23
• Milton A. Burt v. Lockheed Martin Corp
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2026-03-24

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Connecticut National Bank v. Germain
  Supreme Court· 1992-03-09· cited 3,104×
• Robinson v. Shell Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1997-02-18· cited 2,720×
• Katie Lowery v. Honeywell International, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2007-04-11· cited 806×
• Gonzales v. Oregon
  Supreme Court· 2006-01-17· cited 632×
• Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-29· cited 539×
• Gonzales v. Carhart
  Supreme Court· 2007-04-18· cited 529×
• Michael S. Dahl David Scott Huber v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-02-28· cited 154×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1995-11-14· cited 58×
• Estate of Thomas Mall, Inc., in No. 90-3691 v. Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands, in No. 90-3649
  Third Circuit· 1991-01-11· cited 57×
• State v. Asherman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-03-18· cited 44×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 2001-12-12· cited 28×
• Government of the Virgin Islands, in No. 93-7372 v. Juniel Charleswell, in No. 93-7391
  Third Circuit· 1994-05-20· cited 24×
• Ljupco Markovski v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Department of Homeland Security
  Fourth Circuit· 2007-05-21· cited 23×
• State v. Myers
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-07-29· cited 23×
• State v. Morrissette
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-09-09· cited 8×
• Gold v. Newman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-06-27· cited 7×
• Felix v. Government of the Virgin Islands
  Virgin Islands· 2005-11-03· cited 2×