Carter v. Greene County’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 2000
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ross v. Robb · American Hog Company v. County of Clinton · Goldman v. Planning Board of Burlington · Brogoto v. Wiggins · Schneider v. Sunset Pools of St. Louis, 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“may present to the circuit court of the county in which the property affected is located,[ 3 ] a petition, duly verified, stating that the decision is illegal in whole or in part, specifying the grounds of the illegality and asking for relief therefrom. Upon the presentation of the petition the court shall allow a writ of certiorari directed to the board of adjustment....”
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.