State ex rel. Aaron v. King’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 2000
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Tucker · Townsend v. Burke · Roche v. Evaporated Milk Ass'n · Roberts v. United States · Tompkins v. Texas
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A writ of mandamus will not issue unless three elements coexist — (1) a clear legal right in the petitioner to the relief sought; (2) a legal duty on the part of respondent to do the thing which the petitioner seeks to compel; and (3) the absence of another adequate remedy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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