Makwinski v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently June 2012 · most notably 209 N.J. Super. 617 - State v. Heitzman (1986), Uricoli v. Police & Fire. Retirem. Sys. (1982)
34 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 26 U.S.C. § 411 (§ 1012 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1053 (§ 203 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on State v. Weleck · Watt v. Mayor and Council of Borough of Franklin · Spina v. Consolidated Police & Firemen's Pension Fund Commission · Plunkett v. Board of Pension Commissioners · 29 N.J. Super. 383 - Ballurio v. Castellini
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Generally, disenfranchisement of pension rights is found in cases where the criminal conduct touches the administration of the public employee's office or position, or where the conduct involves moral turpitude.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[n]o member who shall have served honorably in any such police or fire department for a period of twenty-five years and attained age fifty-five shall be deprived of his pension privileges under this act because of any violation of the rules and regulations established for the government of such department, but he may be fined, reprimanded or discharged. A member of this department found guilty before a court of competent jurisdiction may be dismissed or punished in any manner provided by law. (footnote omitted) (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“The requirement of honorable service has been held to continue during the entire period of active service.”
1 later decision 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.