7 Wis. 2d 409 - Clausen v. Eckstein’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 state decisions

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.

1. ““A public officer’s duty is ministerial only when it is absolute, certain, and imperative, involving merely the performance of a specific task when the law imposes, prescribes and defines the time, mode and occasion for its performance with such certainty that nothing remains for judgment or discretion.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 80 Wis. 2d 525 - Cords v. Anderson · 81 Wis. 2d 42 - Pavlik v. Kinsey

2. ““The contractor cannot avoid the duty imposed on him in this statute by delegating the performance of the duty to another. If the duty in fact is performed by another such performance inures to the contractor’s benefit; but if the duty is not performed the contractor is charged with the failure and its consequences.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 37 Wis. 2d 676 - Frew v. Dupons Construction Co.