(1974)’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1979
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Rinder v. City of Madison · Joyce v. Sauk County
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The county highway committee shall purchase and sell county road machinery as authorized by the county board . . . direct the expenditure of highway maintenance funds received from the state or provided by county tax, meet . . . to audit all pay rolls and material claims and vouchers resulting from the construction of highways . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“. . . The committee shall be known as the `county highway committee,' and shall be the only committee representing the county in the expenditure of county funds in constructing or maintaining, or aiding in constructing or maintaining highways. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“audit all pay rolls and material claims and vouchers resulting from the construction of highways,”
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.