Merchant v. Fuselier’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 1986
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Slater v. Blaize · 314 So. 2d 460 - Foreman v. Hines · Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners v. Lensgraf · Pacific Fire Ins. Co. v. Employers' Liability A.
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.
“The real issue is not by what authority defendants hold office, but the validity and enforceability of certain action taken to remove them from office.”
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.