State v. Serstock’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
January 1994
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Russell v. United States · Hartman v. United States · United States v. Bramblett · Burlington County Bridge Commission v. Driscoll · Driscoll v. Burlington-Bristol Bridge Co.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A public officer or employee who does any of the following, for which no other sentence is specifically provided by law, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both: * * * * * * (2) In his capacity as such officer or employee, does an act which he knows is in excess of his lawful authority or which he is forbidden by law to do in his official capacity * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Serstock
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.