Sandra Baird and Jared Carter’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
November 2025
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Broadrick v. Oklahoma · Griswold v. State of Connecticut · Thornhill v. Alabama · Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · Craig v. Boren
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.
“Although taxpayer suits in Vermont are generally 'recognized as appropriate vehicles for seeking relief from official action,' to have standing a plaintiff must still demonstrate that she has either sustained some 'direct loss' or that municipal assets have been 'improperly wasted.'”
2 later decisions 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.