State Ex Rel. Sun Co. v. Vigil’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently April 1996 · most notably Jack Endo Electric, Inc. v. Lear Siegler, Inc. (1978), State v. Gunthorpe (1970)
29 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
Relies on Application of Monrovia Evening Post · Cox v. City of Albuquerque · Ross v. State Racing Commission · Stanwood v. Carson · In Re McDonald
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n determining whether a provision is mandatory or directory, a reasonable construction must be given rather than one which would render the statute absurd. Generally, in considering whether a requirement of a statute is mandatory or directory, courts look to the subject matter, the importance of the requirement, and its relation to the general object intended to be secured by the act. Those directions in the statute which are not the essence of the things to be done are not commonly considered mandatory, particularly where, by failure to obey, no prejudice will result to those whose rights are protected by the statute. [Citations omitted.]”
3 later decisions 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.