Wilson v. Preston’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Democratic Party of the United States v. Wisconsin ex rel. La Follette · National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · Charleston County School District v. Charleston County Election Commission · State v. Love
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To obtain a writ of mandamus requiring the performance of an act, the petitioner must show: (1) a duty of respondent to perform the act; (2) the ministerial nature of the act; (3) the petitioner's specific legal right for which discharge of the duty is necessary; and (4) a lack of any other legal remedy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The duty is ministerial when it is absolute, certain, and imperative, involving merely the execution of a specific duty arising from fixed and designated facts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is ministerial if it is defined by law with such precision as to leave nothing to the exercise of discretion.”
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.