Bigham v. Sutton’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 1990
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wortham v. Walker · Jessen Associates, Inc. v. Bullock · Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation v. Sadler · Employees Retirement System v. McDonald
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.
“It has been said that mandamus is but the `means' or `execution' to enforce the judgment in favor of those to whom the writ has been awarded, that its function is to execute, not to adjudicate, and that mandamus does not function to establish as well as enforce, a claim of uncertain merit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Flack
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.