Vann v. Finley’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
2
states following
March 2016
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gilbert v. Richardson · Cowart v. Widener · Cameron v. Lang · Murphy v. Bajjani · Zwiren v. Thompson
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A ministerial act is commonly one that is simple, absolute, and definite, arising under conditions admitted or proved to exist, and requiring merely the execution of a specific duty. A discretionary act, however, calls for the exercise of personal deliberation and judgment, which in turn entails examining the facts, reaching reasoned conclusions, and acting on them in a way not specifically directed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Speight v. Griggs
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.