Austin v. Crosby’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Turner v. Safley · O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz · Anschuetz & Co. v. Mississippi River Bridge Authority · Wrenn v. Capstone Medical Center · 835 So. 2d 259 - State v. Carter
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Mandamus is a common law remedy used to enforce an established legal right by compelling a person in an official capacity to perform an indisputable ministerial duty required by law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A duty or act is ministerial when there is no room for the exercise of discretion, and the performance being required is directed by law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“an indisputable legal duty on the part of the respondent”
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.