Van Kleeck v. Ramer’s Empirical Analysis
1916
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently May 2015 · most notably Lyman v. Town of Bow Mar (1975), Shields v. City of Loveland (1923)
4 federal appellate · 33 state decisions — followed in 10 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on State ex rel. Brislawn v. Meath · State v. Moore · 22 Cal. App. 248 - McClure v. Nye · Attorney General ex rel. Barbour v. Lindsay · State ex rel. Lavin v. Bacon
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Except as limited by the federal or state Constitutions, the authority of the General Assembly is plenary.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“upon important questions upon solemn occasions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.