Monaghan v. Richley’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
78 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently October 2024 · most notably State ex rel. Bush v. Spurlock (1989), State ex rel. Fenske v. McGovern (1984)
78 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 150 Ohio St. 499 - State Ex Rel. Gordon v. Barthalow · 134 Ohio St. 295 - State Ex Rel. Curtis v. DeCorps · 127 Ohio St. 398 - Williams v. State Ex Rel. Gribben · 110 Ohio St. 216 - State Ex Rel. Bay v. Witter · 136 Ohio St. 174 - State, Ex Rel. v. Taylor, Dir.
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A reinstated public employee may maintain an action in mandamus to recover compensation due for a period of wrongful exclusion from employment, 'provided the amount recoverable is established with certainty.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““A public employee, even though he holds his position under civil service, who is wrongfully excluded from his. position and sues to recover compensation for the period of' exclusion, is subject to have, his claim reduced by the-amount he earned1 or in the exercise of due diligence could, have earned in appropriate employment during the period of exclusion.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.