Newman v. Spence’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Warren v. Indiana Telephone Co. · City of East Chicago v. Sinclair Refining Co. · 145 Ind. App. 363 - Metro. Board of Zoning Appeals v. Standard Life Insurance · Bd. of Zoning Ap. of Decatur v. Decatur, Ind. Co. of Jehovah's Witnesses · City of South Bend v. Marckle
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If it should appear that the evidence upon which the board of zoning appeals acted was devoid of probative value, [or] that the quantum of legitimate evidence was so proportionately meager as to lead to a conviction that the board's finding does not rest on a rational basis, ... the board's order will be set aside.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the trial court may permit additional evidence so long as it confines such evidence to subjects covered in the hearing before the zoning board.”
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.