Maurer v. Werner’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Butler · Eugene Alper Construction Co. v. Joe Garavelli's of West Port, Inc. · Stine & Clark v. Mundy Fuel Co. · Black Leaf Products Co. v. Chemsico, Inc. · American Tobacco Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“all fixed works constructed for public use or benefit or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“1. All officials, boards, commissions or agents of this state, or of any political subdivision thereof in making contracts for public work of any kind to be performed for the state, or a political subdivision thereof shall require every contractor for such work to furnish, supply and deliver a bond to the state, or to the political subdivision thereof entering into such contract, as the case may be, with good and sufficient sureties. The amount of such bond shall be fixed by such officials, boards, commissions, commissioners or agents....”
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.