Salter v. Burk’s Empirical Analysis
1912
Citation profile
31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently November 1970 · most notably 57 N.J. Super. 13 - Jersey City v. Dept. of Civil Service (1959), 112 N.J. Super. 175 - Ream v. Kuhlman (1970)
31 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.
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * all powers necessary for its government not in conflict with the laws applicable to all cities of this State. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wilensky v. Gurtman“and therefore the provisions of the latter act prevail against the former.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“administrative, judicial and legislative powers and duties,”
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.