Causey v. Gilbert’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently January 1974
7 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 Paxton v. Baum · Cofield v. State · National Surety Co. v. Miller · City of Louisville v. Chambers · Causey, State Auditor v. Jones
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Corruption not being charged, the appellant can recover if, but not unless, the appropriations here challenged were made "to an object not authorized by law." ... [N]o liability here arises, although the appropriations may have exceeded the amount authorized... . [S]ince the appellees were authorized to appropriate money for the payment of the expense of the issuance of the bonds, no liability can here arise under Section 259, Code 1930, although the particular appropriation may have been unauthorized. (Citing Paxton). ( 193 Miss. at 761 , 10 So.2d at 452 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.