Dean v. Rampton’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on William Marbury v. James Madison · 7 Utah 2d 221 - Bateman v. Board of Examiners · 13 Utah 2d 359 - Wood v. Budge · Campbell Building Co. v. State Road Commission · Wilkinson v. State
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]t has been so long established and universally recognized, as to be hardly necessary to state, that if a statutory enactment contravenes any provision of the constitution, the latter governs.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Until otherwise provided by law, the Governor, Attorney General, and State Auditor shall constitute a Board of Examiners, with power to examine all such claims against the State as provided by law, and perform such other duties as provided by law; and no such claim against the State shall be passed upon by the Legislature without having been considered and acted upon by the Board of Examiners.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he legislature, representing the people, ... has all of the fundamental power of the sovereign to make whatever laws it deems proper for the general welfare.”
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.