Mullinax v. Garrison’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 state decisions

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.

1. ““As a general rule, appointments which fill a prospective vacancy in an office before the actual vacancy occurs are valid. [Citations omitted]. However, a legislative body may not usurp the rights of its successor by making a prospective appointment to fill an anticipated vacancy in an office where the appointee’s term will not begin until after the legislative body’s own term has expired.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bryan v. Makosky