Wentworth v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 2002
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al. · Walker v. Packer · Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc. · Plessy v. Ferguson · Clements v. Fashing
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The supreme court or a court of appeals may issue a writ of mandamus to compel the performance of any duty imposed by law in connection with the holding of an election or a political party convention, regardless of whether the person responsible for performing the duty is a public officer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nixon v. Slagle“Walker at 839 . Traditionally, a clear abuse of discretion is one which occurs whenever the trial court reaches a decision that is”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nixon v. Slagle“so arbitrary and unreasonable as to amount to a clear and prejudicial error of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nixon v. Slagle
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.