161 Ind. App. 332 - Willsey v. Newlon’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably City of Marion v. Antrobus (1983), Winter v. Coor (1985)
30 state decisions
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 New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. Henderson · State ex rel. Workman v. Goldthait · Mogilner v. METROPOLITAN PLAN COMM., ETC. · Relender v. State ex rel. Utz · 142 Ind. App. 603 - Deming Hotel Company v. Prox
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it has repeatedly been held that the separation of powers doctrine of Article III has no application at the local level”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Article 3 of the constitution makes the power of each department exclusive and independent of the power of either of the others. The object is to secure absolute independence in each department from the encroachment of the other. The words, “shall exercise any of the functions of another,” mean that one shall not exercise any of the powers, jurisdiction, or authority of the others. It is not a function of the executive or legislative department of the state government to appoint city commissioners, and when a circuit judge appoints city commissioners he is not exercising any function of either of said departments. Neither are the city commissioners when appointed a part of either the executive or legislative department of the state government, nor do they exercise any of the functions of either of said departments.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"All county, township, and town officers, shall reside within their respective counties, townships, and towns; and shall keep their respective offices at such places therein, and perform such duties as may be directed by law."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.