Coyne v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Pettit · 69 Wis. 2d 1 - Wisconsin's Environmental Decade, Inc. v. Public Service Commission · 219 Wis. 2d 848 - State v. Hezzie R. · Turner v. Taylor · 191 Wis. 2d 301 - Town of Eagle v. Christensen
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he legislature has the authority to give, to not give, or to take away SPI supervisory powers, including rulemaking power. What the legislature may not do is give the SPI a supervisory power relating to education and then fail to maintain the SPI's supremacy with respect to that power.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“require approval of the Governor or the Secretary of the Department of Administration over the administrative rule-making activities in which the State Superintendent of Public Instruction engages or supervises, with respect to the supervision of public instruction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he supervision of public instruction shall be vested in a state superintendent and such other officers as the legislature shall direct; and their qualifications, powers, duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law.”
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.