Alexander v. Gibson’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brown v. King · Hood v. State · Bibb County v. Monroe County · Gilmer County v. City of East Ellijay · Opatut v. Guest Pond Club, Inc.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Mandamus will issue against a public official only where the petitioner has demonstrated a clear legal right to relief or a gross abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.