Katz v. Hoberman’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
April 2003
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Matter of Fink v. Finegan · Wirzberger v. Watson · Chironna v. Watson · Chironna v. Watson
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ppointments and promotions in the civil service of the state ... shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, as far as practicable, by examination which, as far as practicable, shall be competitive----”
1 later decision 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.