Williams v. Ivey’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miller v. State Ex Rel. Peek · 440 So. 2d 1106 - Ex Parte Personnel Bd. of Jefferson County · Hall v. City of Tuscaloosa · 456 So. 2d 80 - Personnel Bd. of State v. King · 390 So. 2d 658 - Roberson v. PERSONNEL BD. OF STATE OF ALA.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The purpose of civil service statutes is to provide stability, continuity, and security in the various job classifications within a municipality.”
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.