Carey v. Baltimore County’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
February 2013
most recently cited
2 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lipsitz v. Parr · Gontrum v. Mayor of Baltimore · Mayor C.C. of Balto. v. Shapiro · Board of County Commissioners v. Snyder · Town of Berwyn Heights v. Rogers
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Granting or refusing a municipal license is the exercise of governmental power and a municipality is not liable in damages for the wrongful issuance or refusal of a license * * *. So a municipality is not liable in damages for revoking a license, even where without any just cause, especially where the revocation is void.” 21”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““[I]n issuing permits for construction, a municipality is only exercising its governmental authority and is immune from action against it.” 19”
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.