McNeil v. Charlevoix County’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “this Court may review an unpreserved issue if it is one of law and the facts necessary for resolution of the issue have been presented[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People of Michigan v. Tarone Devon Washington · Mich. Gun Owners, Inc. v. Ann Arbor Pub. Sch.

2. “(1) the employee is discharged in violation of an explicit legislative statement prohibiting discharge of employees who act in accordance with a statutory right or duty; (2) the employee is discharged for the failure or refusal to violate the law in the course of employment; or (3) the employee is discharged for exercising a right conferred by a well-established legislative enactment. 1”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hoven v. Walgreen Co.

3. “presents an issue of statutory interpretation, which is a question of law for which the facts necessary for its resolution are sufficiently present to permit this Court's review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mich. Gun Owners, Inc. v. Ann Arbor Pub. Sch.