Heath v. Creagh’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 11 E.H. Smith 495 - People Ex Rel. Jacobus v. . Van Wyck · Matter of Fornara v. Schroeder · People Ex Rel. Hoefle v. . Cahill · Matter of Byrnes v. Windels · Matter of Mylod v. Graves
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.
“‘ ‘ It is clear from the cases cited that in order to bring the petitioner’s position within the statutory concept of a deputy, the respondents must show that there was some statute making the petitioner a deputy with authority to take over and perform the duties vested in the principal officer or that there was a statute authorizing the principal officer to delegate his duties and thus to create a deputy ship.” (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Behringer v. Parisi
How this case has been treated — in progress
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