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← 2012 MT 211 - MEA-MFT v. McCulloch

MEA-MFT v. McCulloch’s Empirical Analysis

2012

Citation profile

15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
March 2026
most recently cited

15 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · Bowsher v. Synar · Reichert v. STATE EX REL. McCULLOCH · Plan Helena, Inc. v. Helena Regional Airport Authority Board · Montana Power Co. v. Montana Public Service Commission

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

  1. “[t]he executive power is vested in the governor who shall see that the laws are faithfully executed.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “to see that the laws passed by the Legislature are properly executed”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “Executive branch is ultimately the responsibility of the Governor,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.