Burke v. Sugarman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 1 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Unless those who have sat for, and passed a civil service examination may seek judicial review of unlawful appointments or designations to positions for which they have been placed on an “eligible list”, then appointments or designations which may be contrary to law will be effectively insulated from public scrutiny, judicial oversight, and perhaps any review whatsoever. Moreover, restriction on standing is largely of judicial creation, often used to avoid difficult issues or unpleasant results; generally standing should be expanded rather than contracted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Eisert v. Town of Hempstead

2. “though made in good faith [these actions] ought to be open to attack by the petitioners, because as citizens and taxpayers they are entitled to an opportunity to insist upon the construction which this court placed upon the * * * State Constitution”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. MATTER OF SCHULZ v. State

3. “failure to comply with constitutional requirements for making appointments of eligibles to competitive positions is a continuing and constitutional wrong”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. MATTER OF SCHULZ v. State