Steele v. Honea’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
September 2001
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Atlanta Journal v. Hill
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“I write separately to express my concerns with provisions of the Act, as amended on April 10, 1991, and subsequent to the superior court review involved in the present case, which declare that the superior court’s review shall not be for a determination “as to the truth” of the facts alleged in the application, but “only for the determination of the legal sufficiency of such alleged fact or facts as to form . .. and shall not include . . . evidentiary hearings.” Accordingly, the truth of the facts alleged in an application for a recall petition will not be reviewed by any court. [Id. at 646-647.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Hamlett v. Hubbard“Such review shall be limited solely to a review of the legal sufficiency of the recall ground or grounds and the legal sufficiency of the alleged fact or facts upon which such ground or grounds are based as set forth in such recall application; and the review of such alleged fact or facts shall be only for the determination of the legal sufficiency of such alleged fact or facts as to form and not as to truth and shall not include discovery or evidentiary hearings. [ 1 ]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hamlett v. Hubbard“That the official . . . [h]as committed an act or acts of malfeasance while in office; . . . [h]as violated his or her oath of office; . . . [h]as committed an act of misconduct in office; [and] [i]s guilty of a failure to perform duties prescribed by law[.] [OCGA § 21-4-3 (7) (B) (i)-(iv).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brooks v. Branch
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.