(1974)’s Empirical Analysis

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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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “" Creation of offices . Except for the offices of supervisor, judge, county executive and county assessor and those officers elected under section 4 of article VI of the constitution, the county board may : "(a) Create any county office, department, committee, board, commission, position or employment it deems necessary to administer functions authorized by the legislature. "(b) Consolidate, abolish or reestablish any county office, department, committee, board, commission, position or employment. "(c) Transfer some or all functions, duties, responsibilities and privileges of any county office, department, committee, board, commission, position or employment to any other agency including a committee of the board." (Emphasis added.) 2. "Can certain administrative duties presently performed by the county clerk be transferred to the administrative services co-ordinator?"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Opinion No. Oag 1-78, (1978)

2. “[m]embers shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 72 Op. Att'y Gen. 33 - Opinion No. Oag 8-83, (1983)