Parr v. Severson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 2 state decisions

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The buildings engineer is not limited in his power to discharge, except that a discharge must be on the ground of the good of the public service, and not on that of the employee’s political or religious opinions or affiliations, refusal to contribute to political funds, or to render political service. And no tribunal is charged with the duty, or invested with the power, to review discharges ordered by him in the exercise of his discretion for the public good. The action is within a discretion vested in him alone. ‘The exercise of a discretion, though erroneously, if not corruptly exercised, cannot be reviewed on a petition for a mandamus. ’ Manger v. Board of State Medical Examiners, 90 Md. 659, 671 , 45 A. 891, 894 ; Graham v. Gaither, 140 Md. 330, 349 , 117 A. 858 ; Woods v. Simpson, 146 Md. 547, 551 , 126 A. 882 .” Id. at 652 . (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Director of Finance v. Richter