Speckels v. Baldwin’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United Paperworkers International Union v. Misco, Inc. · Nebraska v. Wyoming · State v. Weleck · Permann v. South Dakota Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Division · 262 Cal. App. 2d 222 - Millbrae Assn. for Residential Survival v. City of Millbrae
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It shall be unlawful for any officer of a ... municipality ... who has been elected or appointed, to be interested, either by himself or agent, in any contract entered into by said ... municipality ... in the purchase of any real or personal property belonging to the ... municipality. ... Such contract shall be null and void from the beginning.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[e]quity and natural justice invalidate contracts which, by their nature, threatened to `weaken public confidence in the integrity of the public service.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“This [transaction] constituted a conflict of interest, and Baldwin knew it. The City of Custer knew it. However, both attempted to side-step the conflict by appointing and retaining Baldwin, yet skipping the administering of his oath of office as required by SDCL 9-14-6. We scrutinize these facts with great care and condemn those actions which indicate corruption or favoritism in a public office.... In light of these proceedings, the City of Custer's deliberate failure to administer the oath of office to Baldwin gives credence to such an indication.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Himrich v. Carpenter
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.