Feider v. Hanna’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
3
states following
November 1978
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chittenden v. . Wurster · 6 E.H. Smith 217 - People Ex Rel. Crummey v. . Palmer · Klatt v. Akers · Davies v. City of Pittsburgh
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“where the duties of the position were not merely clerical, and were such as especially devolved upon the head of the office, which, by reason of his numerous duties, he was compelled to delegate to others, the performance of which required skill, judgment, trust, and confidence, and involved the responsibility of the officer or the municipality which he represents, * * *.'”
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.