Gordon, Huffaker & Garnett v. Morrow

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• Writs will “issue to compel the public officer . . . to do something that the law makes it his duty to do, or to restrain him from doing something that the law directs he shall not do.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• County of Harlan v. Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-09-26· cited 52×
• Tracy v. MacIntyre
  California Court of Appeal· 1938-11-14· cited 15×
• Bell County Board of Education v. Lee
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1931-05-26· cited 13×
• Gaffney v. Switow
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1925-06-19· cited 13×
• Board of Councilmen v. State Highway Commission
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1930-06-20· cited 11×
• Baxter v. Hubbard
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1932-02-23· cited 10×
• Hubbard v. Goffinett
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1934-04-17· cited 10×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Clay County v. Sizemore
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1937-05-11· cited 6×
• Bright v. Turner
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1924-10-24· cited 5×
• State Highway Commission v. Board of Councilmen
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1932-06-24· cited 4×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Norman v. Kentucky Board of Managers
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1892-12-09· cited 68×
• Board of Commissioners (No. 2) v. Younger
  California Supreme Court· 1865-07-01· cited 47×
• McCreary v. Speer
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1914-01-14· cited 45×
• Cassidy v. Young
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1891-11-07· cited 23×
• Terrell v. Trimble County
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1908-03-24· cited 22×
• Garrard County Court v. McKee
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1875-06-23· cited 21×
• McCreary v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1913-03-20· cited 20×
• Curtis v. Richards
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1895-04-06· cited 19×
• Traynor v. Beckham
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1903-06-11· cited 17×
• Scott v. McCreary
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1912-06-12· cited 17×
• Shine v. Kentucky Central Railroad
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1887-02-10· cited 13×
• Lowe v. Phelps
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1879-03-13· cited 12×
• Du Bois v. Mayor of New York
  Second Circuit· 1904-11-01· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Roberta Coal Co.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1919-11-28· cited 8×
• Montenegro-Riehm Music Co. v. Board of Education
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1912-04-12· cited 7×
• Dickens v. Cave Hill Cemetery Co.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1892-10-13· cited 6×
• McDonald v. Jenkins
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1892-05-28· cited 5×
• Hendrick v. Posey
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1898-04-23· cited 5×
• Jarvis v. Stanley
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1917-07-14· cited 5×
• New York Phonograph Co. v. Edison Phonograph Co.
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York· 1907-01-14· cited 5×