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← 70 NW2D 42 - Lindberg v. Benson

Lindberg v. Benson’s Empirical Analysis

1955

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 1976
most recently cited

5 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 41 U.S.C. § 35

Relies on Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co. · Gulf Ry Co v. Ellis · Atkin v. State of Kansas · Ellis v. United States · Heim v. McCall

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

  1. “Section 43. Any member who has a personal or private interest in any measure or bill proposed or pending before the legislative assembly, shall disclose the fact to the house of which he is a member, and shall not vote thereon without the consent of the house. N.D.Const. art. II.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “In considering * * * challenges to the constitutionality of the measure every reasonable presumption in favor of its constitutionality prevails. Lindberg v. Benson, 70 N.W.2d 42, 45 (N.D.1955).”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “Legislation cannot arbitrarily divide a class into two parts and constitute a different rule of law governing each of the parts”
    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.