356 So. 2d 618 - In Re Ingram’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently May 2001
6 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 Noles v. State · Jeter v. State Ex Rel. Carlisle · Woods v. Wood · Henry v. Waldrop · Mathews v. Stephenson
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The office of constable is no longer a constitutional creature. Article VI, § 168, of the Alabama Constitution which established the office of constable was repealed by Constitutional Amendment No. 328, ratified on December 27, 1973.... “Nevertheless, the office of constable has not been abolished. It remains as a creation of the Alabama Legislature. Title 54, § 28, Code of Alabama 1940, Recompiled 1958 (§ 36-23-1, Code of Alabama 1975).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““This statute does not authorize the presiding judge to exercise the duties placed by law upon the clerk. Yet the presiding judge has the duty and responsibility to see that the circuit court functions properly. If a clerk fails to perform his or her duties placed upon him or her by law, mandamus or other proper remedy will lie to compel his action.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. Saint““Section 6.20(c) of Amendment No. 328 mentions the position of constable relative to constitutional restrictions on holding two public offices, and their receipt of fees. This section cannot be construed to thereby re-create the office of constable as one constitutional in nature.””
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.