2020 Legal Opinions
Court Opinion | State v. Burke
State v. Burke
462 P.3d 599, 166 Idaho 621 (2020).
References the emerging field of corpus linguistics as a tool that moves beyond dictionaries when defining legal terms.
Court Opinion | US v. Woodson
US v. Woodson
960 F.3d 852 (6th Cir. 2020).
Woodson’s argument is not supported when viewed through the lens of corpus linguistics, which is cited as a critical tool in resolving interpretive questions.
Court Opinion | Salt Lake City Corp. v. Haik
Salt Lake City Corp. v. Haik
466 P.3d 178, 2020 U.T. 29 (Utah 2020).
While this court opinion doesn’t specifically use corpus linguistics to support an argument, but it offers a step by step analysis of the uses of corpus linguistics, as well as important strategies for using the tool effectively within its footnotes.