Meyers v. Schultz’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 136 Wis. 2d 304 - Green Spring Farms v. Kersten · 72 Wis. 2d 282 - Lister v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · 96 Wis. 2d 663 - Scarpaci v. Milwaukee County · 143 Wis. 2d 701 - C.L. v. Olson · Lodl v. Progressive Northern Insurance
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] public officer's duty is ministerial only when it is absolute, certain and imperative, involving merely the performance of a specific task when the law imposes, prescribes and defines the time, mode and occasion for its performance with such certainty that nothing remains for judgment or discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“means, at a minimum, an act of government.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The principle we discern from Druecker for permitting liability for injuries when a ministerial duty is involved is that individuals have a right to expect public officers and employees to perform the duties that have been specifically mandated by the government.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.