Blume v. Meneley’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Pinter v. Dahl · State Ex Rel. Stovall v. Meneley · Board of Lincoln County Comm'rs v. Nielander · Clark v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The sheriff is an independently elected officer whose office, duties, and authorities are established and delegated by the legislature. The sheriff is not a subordinate of the board of county commissioners....”
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.