Polillo v. Deane’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
84 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions — most recently July 2018 · most notably Nero v. Hyland (1978), South Jersey Publishing Co. v. New Jersey Expressway Authority (1991)
84 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 551 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on Kramer v. BD. OF ADJUST., SEA GIRT. · Irval Realty Inc. v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners · State ex rel. Ferry v. Williams · Bucino v. Malone · Tidewater Oil Co. v. Mayor and Council of Borough of Carteret
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“maximum flexibility in rectifying governmental action which falls short of the standards of openness prescribed for the conduct of official business.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Acceptance of defendants’ final contention that we need look only at the notice given before the last two meetings — when the Commission took formal action — would undermine the entire purpose of the Act. This would allow an agency to close its doors when conducting negotiations or hammering out policies, and then to put on an appearance of open government by allowing the public to witness the proceedings at which its action is formally adopted.” Id. at 219.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“* * * the public policy of this State to insure the right of its citizens to have adequate advance notice of and the right to attend all meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting the public is discussed or acted upon in any way except only in those circumstances where otherwise the public interest would be clearly endangered or the personal privacy or guaranteed rights of individuals would be clearly in danger of unwarranted invasion. [ N.J.S.A. 10:4-7]”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.