State Ex Rel. Epp v. Mayor’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently January 2025
10 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
Relies on State ex rel. Irvine v. Brooks · Williams v. Stafford · LeBeau v. State Ex Rel. White · State Ex Rel. Walls v. State Board of Land Com'rs · Wyoming Board of Equalization v. State Ex Rel. Basin Electric Power Cooperative
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Mandamus will not lie unless the duty itself is absolute and incontrovertible, or clear, certain, and indisputable.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“"Mandamus is a writ issued in the name of the state to an inferior tribunal, a corporation, board or person commanding the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust or station." Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-30-101 . ... The function of mandamus is to command performance of a ministerial duty which is plainly defined and required by law. Mandamus will not lie unless the duty is absolute, clear, and indisputable. The law must not only authorize the demanded action but require it. If the lower tribunal has the right to exercise discretion regarding an issue, mandamus is not an appropriate remedy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[hlear and decide special exemptions to the terms of the ordinance upon which the board is required to pass under the ordinanee[.]”
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.