Berardi v. Rutter’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
2 district · 66 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently August 2005 · most notably Sheeran v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Inc. (1979), Avant v. Clifford (1975)
2 district · 66 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Hawker v. People of New York · Ward v. Scott · State v. Henson · Kravis v. Hock · State v. Pometti
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... in ascertaining the presence of standards and norms to support delegated powers, it is fundamental we are not confined to the four corners of the particular section, but are obligated to examine the entire act in the light of its surroundings and objectives, nor need the standards be set forth in express terms if they may be reasonably inferred from the statutory scheme as a whole. Ward v. Scott, 11 N.J. 117 (1952); Schierstead v. City of Brigantine, 20 N.J. 164 (1955).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the potential evil and mischief which the Legislature sought to regulate and eradicate.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“good character, competency and integrity”
2 later decisions 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.