McInnish v. Riley’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
July 2018
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 2 U.S.C. § 901
Relies on Mistretta v. United States · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · New York v. United States · Bowsher v. Synar · Clinton v. City of New York
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“" 'This Court " 'should be very reluctant to hold any act unconstitutional.' " Ex parte D.W. , 835 So.2d 186 , 189 (Ala. 2002) (quoting Ex parte Boyd , 796 So.2d 1092 , 1094 (Ala. 2001) ). "[I]n passing upon the constitutionality of a legislative act, the courts uniformly approach the question with every presumption and intendment in favor of its validity , and seek to sustain rather than strike down the enactment of a coordinate branch of the government." Alabama State Fed'n of Labor v. McAdory , 246 Ala. 1 , 9, 18 So.2d 810 , 815 (1944) (emphasis added). This is so, because "it is the recognized duty of the court to sustain the act unless it is clear beyond reasonable doubt that it is violative of the fundamental law ." 246 Ala. at 9 , 18 So.2d at 815 (emphasis added).' "”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“"In the government of this state, except in the instances in this Constitution hereinafter expressly directed or permitted, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them; the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them; the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them; to the end that it may be a government of laws and not of men."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"[t]he powers of the government of the State of Alabama shall be divided into three distinct departments, each of which shall be confided to a separate body of magistracy, to wit: Those which are legislative, to one; those which are executive, to another; and those which are judicial, to another."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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