State ex rel. Harvey v. Medler’s Empirical Analysis
1914
Citation profile
55 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently January 2012 · most notably Montoya v. McManus (1961), State Ex Rel. Anaya v. Scarborough (1966)
55 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 State v. Daniels · People v. Circuit Court · Bailey v. Winn · Allen v. State · Lincoln-Lucky & Lee Mining Co. v. District Court
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]t is well established that it is not a writ of right, granted ex debito justitiae, but rather one of sound judicial discretion, to be granted or withheld according to the circumstances of each particular case, to be used with great caution for the furtherance of justice when none of the ordinary remedies provided by law are applicable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““ * * * While there is a difference between suspension and removal, as is argued by relator, we are of opinion that in this connection the term ‘suspension’ can well be considered as but a temporary removal. So, too, we may consider that, although suspended from office, the incumbent yet holds the office until finally removed within the intent and meaning of the constitutional provision under consideration. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“as a general rule, the writ of prohibition cannot be used to correct mere irregularities, or to perform the functions of an appeal or writ of error”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Valerio
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.