State v. Montgomery’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 1968
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cook v. City of Shreveport
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.
““Obviously the verification and approval of the foregoing facts would involve an exercise of discretion on the part of the defendants herein and, if there is discretion in a public official, in the sense that he, in his judgment, may or may not perform the act which is demanded of him, then mandamus will not lie, * * * ””
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.