In re Di Brizzi’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ The power to investigate and examine witnesses to the end of a better discharge of their duties has been conferred upon administrative boards and officials without successful challenge by so many statutes that it is undesirable to refer to them all. * * * ‘ ‘ The power here attacked is akin to that right of the Legislature to investigate and to subpoena and examine witnesses to the end of safeguarding public interests by appropriate legislation and which is so well established as to have passed beyond the realm of controversy. (People ex rel. McDonald v. Keeler, 99 N. Y. 463 .) ” Thus, the only question here presented is whether the investigation directed by the Governor can reason ably be said to be for the purpose of securing information to advise him in his executive function.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Di Brizzi