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← 720 NE2D 1250 - Cowper v. Collier

Cowper v. Collier’s Empirical Analysis

1999

Citation profile

9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
June 2009
most recently cited

9 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Fresh Cut, Inc. v. Fazli · Fowler v. Campbell · McCae Management Corp. v. Merchants National Bank & Trust Co. · Kiltz v. Kiltz · Robinson v. Century Personnel, Inc.

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

  1. “the law is the province of the judiciary and the reviewing court is not bound by any agency's conclusions of law,”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “the construction of an unambiguous written contract is generally a question of law for the court.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “The court shall grant relief ... only if it determines that a person seeking judicial relief has been prejudiced by an agency action that is: (1) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law; (2) contrary to constitutional right, power, privilege, or immunity; (3) in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limitations, or short of statutory right; (4) without observance of procedure required by law; or (5) unsupported by substantial evidence.”
    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.