Swartz v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that legislative intent is to be determined primarily from the plain language of a statute since a statute is to be taken, construed and applied in the form enacted
• “It is generally presumed that the construction of an old constitution continues to be 4 See generally Nels S.D. Peterson, Principles of Georgia Constitutional Interpretation, 75 Mercer L. Rev. 1, 12–14 (2023) (discussing the presumption of constitutional continuity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Creighton
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-05-02· cited 48×
• Wright v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-08-05· cited 30×
• Murray v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-01-02· cited 19×
• Younger v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-06-23· cited 18×
• McClellan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-04-25· cited 18×
• Orr v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-04-23· cited 17×
• Bonilla v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-05-09· cited 16×
• Fletcher v. Florida Publishing Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-09-10· cited 15×
• Pridgen v. BOARD OF CTY. COM'RS, ETC.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-10-01· cited 13×
• D.S. v. J.L.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-08-10· cited 3×
• Glass v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-07-29· cited 1×
• Ds v. Jl
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-08-10
• Ago
  Florida Attorney General Reports· 1979-04-26
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  Florida Attorney General Reports· 1982-04-30
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  Florida Attorney General Reports· 1980-06-17
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  Florida Attorney General Reports· 1985-03-27
• State v. Grenci
  Florida Circuit Courts· 1984-06-12
• Swartz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-07-14
• Tukes v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-07-08
• City of Doral, Etc. v. Pedro Cabrera
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-06-17

Cites

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

• United States v. Ventresca
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-01· cited 4,171×
• Dumbra v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1925-05-25· cited 249×
• Samuel Rosencranz v. United States of America, Anthony Dipietro v. United States
  First Circuit· 1966-02-07· cited 223×
• Gaulden v. Kirk
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1950-07-07· cited 101×
• People v. Stout
  California Supreme Court· 1967-03-16· cited 91×
• People v. Brethauer
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1971-03-08· cited 77×
• Ervin v. Collins
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1956-03-05· cited 71×
• Sparks v. United States
  Sixth Circuit· 1937-04-16· cited 66×
• People v. Prall
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1924-12-16· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Monosson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-11-03· cited 58×
• Ashley & Taylor v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1968-10-31· cited 49×
• Dunnavant v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1950-06-13· cited 47×
• Youngker v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1968-10-25· cited 40×
• Warren Carl Sherrick v. Frank A. Eyman, Warden, Arizona State Prison
  Ninth Circuit· 1968-03-29· cited 32×
• State v. Cadigan
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1969-01-29· cited 32×
• United States v. William Oral Whitlow
  Seventh Circuit· 1964-12-23· cited 29×
• Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. v. Bryant
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1964-07-10· cited 22×
• State v. York
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1967-07-31· cited 20×
• Brandies v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1968-10-15· cited 20×
• Panzavecchia v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-08-08· cited 17×