541 So. 2d 659 - Morris v. Seely’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 1993
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 56 So. 2d 341 - Dobbs v. Sea Isle Hotel
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.
“A public official may not appoint ... or advocate for appointment ... to a position in the agency ... over which he exercises jurisdiction or control any individual who is a relative of the public official. An individual may not be appointed ... to a position in an agency if such appointment ... has been advocated by a public official ... exercising jurisdiction or control over the agency, who is a relative of the individual.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A public official may not appoint, employ, promote, or advance ... any individual who is a relative of the public official.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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