Rivera v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
December 1994
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State ex rel. Hovey v. Noble · State Ex Rel. Smith v. Starke Circuit Court · Shoultz v. McPheeters · 160 Ind. App. 575 - Ingmire v. Butts · Eakins 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'A master commissioner is not a court, and judicial duties which courts only can exercise, can not be conferred upon him.’” Id. at 1121 (quoting Shoultz v. McPheeters, 79 Ind. 373, 376 (1881)); see also Rivera v. State, 601 N.E.2d 445, 446 (Ind.Ct.App. 1992) (holding that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A] commissioner acts as an instrumentality to inform and assist the court; only the court has authority to make final orders or judgments, and the decision of a commissioner is a nullity from which no appeal can be taken.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Kirby v. State
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