State v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Any duty lawfully required of a public officer or public employee when delegated by him to a public officer or public employee shall be deemed to be a lawful duty of such public officer or employee. The delegation of such lawful duty shall not relieve the public officer or employee of his lawful duty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 262 So. 3d 949 - State v. Alexcee

2. “A. Malfeasance in office is committed when any public officer or public employee shall: (1) Intentionally refuse or fail to perform any duty lawfully required of him, as such officer or employee.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 262 So. 3d 949 - State v. Alexcee

3. “[T]he focus of the courts has been on whether there is a statute or provision of law which imposes an affirmative, personal duty on the public officer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 262 So. 3d 949 - State v. Alexcee