Layer v. Barrow County’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
May 2024
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gilbert v. Richardson · Toombs County v. O'NEAL · State Board of Education v. Drury · Sjn Properties, LLC. v. Fulton County Board of Assessors · Graham v. Beacham
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The constitutional reservation of sovereign immunity to 'the State' is a constitutional reservation of sovereign immunity to the counties of the State of Georgia.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a suit against a county officer in her official capacity is a suit against the county itself”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“As a general rule, counties enjoy sovereign immunity.”
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.