Pries v. McMillon’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 16 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[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.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 385 Wis. 2d 86 - Michael Engelhardt v. City of New Berlin · 385 Wis. 2d 847 - Jackson v. Burczyk

2. “[i]f liability is premised upon the negligent performance (or non-performance) of a ministerial duty imposed by law or government policy”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 385 Wis. 2d 847 - Jackson v. Burczyk · 387 Wis. 2d 475 - Pinter v. Vill. of Stetsonville

3. “[t]he two exceptions overlap to an extent, inasmuch as they both require the identification of a ministerial duty.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 385 Wis. 2d 86 - Michael Engelhardt v. City of New Berlin · 387 Wis. 2d 475 - Pinter v. Vill. of Stetsonville