Ex Parte Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
November 1997
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hartford Insurance v. Lagano · 456 So. 2d 249 - Ross v. Luton · 459 So. 2d 873 - Ex Parte Baker · Guaranty Funding Corporation v. Bolling · Echols v. Housing Authority of Auburn
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'It is axiomatic that mandamus is an extraordinary remedy which should be granted only when there is a clear showing that the court below abused its discretion and exercised it in an arbitrary or capricious manner. Ex parte Baker , 459 So.2d 873 , 876 (Ala. 1984); Ross v. Luton , 456 So.2d 249 , 254 (Ala. 1984); Ex parte Hartford Ins. Co. , 394 So.2d 933 (Ala. 1981).'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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