Murphy v. Pearson’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
August 2024
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bryan v. Makosky · O'Neal v. Spencer · State ex rel. Norman v. Viebranz · 325 N.J. Super. 244 - Gonzalez v. BD. OF ED., UNION CTY. · State Ex Rel. Koch v. Lexcen
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the common-law rule that a public body empowered to appoint a public officer may not forestall the rights and obligations of its successor by making an appointment where the term of the appointee will not take effect until after the expiration of the term of the appointing body”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a prospective appointment usurps the will and power of [a future public body] to fill a vacancy based on the [future public body's] consideration of prevailing policy”
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.