Alston v. King’s Empirical Analysis
157 F.3d 1113 · 1998
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably Monfils v. Taylor (1998), United States v. Boyd (2000)
11 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Carey v. Piphus · Boddie v. Connecticut · Messenger v. Anderson
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n performing its duties the board may do the following:... (14) Enter into contracts in the name of the municipality, with the approval of the executive as provided by law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vaughn v. King · Alston v. King“[i]n performing its duties the board may do the following:... (15) Employ and pay for all ... professional services needed in carrying out this chapter ....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vaughn v. King · Alston v. King“[t]he executive shall:... (9) sign all bonds, deeds, and contracts of the city and all licenses issued by the city ....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vaughn v. King · Alston v. King
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.