Makowski v. Governor

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing a similar provision in Michigan and concluding that it “in no way limit[s] the Governor’s absolute discretion with regard to commutation decisions”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of Iowa v. Jeffrey K. Ragland
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2013-08-16· cited 211×
• Makowski v. Governor
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2014-06-03· cited 36×

Cites

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

• Baker v. Carr
  Supreme Court· 1962-03-26· cited 6,173×
• Massachusetts v. Mellon
  Supreme Court· 1923-06-11· cited 1,546×
• Connecticut Board of Pardons v. Dumschat
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-17· cited 728×
• Nixon v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-13· cited 369×
• Lansing Schools Education Ass'n v. Lansing Board of Education
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2010-07-31· cited 279×
• People v. Mungo
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2009-06-23· cited 254×
• People v. Nutt
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2004-04-02· cited 221×
• Goldwater Et Al. v. Carter, President of the United States, Et Al.
  Supreme Court· 1979-12-13· cited 201×
• United States v. Munoz-Flores
  Supreme Court· 1990-05-21· cited 188×
• Figueroa v. LeFevre
  Supreme Court· 1979-12-10· cited 188×
• National Wildlife Federation v. Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2004-07-30· cited 142×
• Travelers Insurance v. Detroit Edison Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2001-07-27· cited 101×
• Allstate Insurance v. Hayes
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1993-04-13· cited 95×
• House Speaker v. Governor
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1993-09-02· cited 92×
• Straus v. Governor
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1999-04-27· cited 86×
• Auto Club Group Insurance v. Burchell
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2002-04-17· cited 76×
• Johnson v. Kramer Bros. Freight Lines, Inc.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1959-10-12· cited 45×
• Kyser v. Kasson Twp
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2010-07-15· cited 39×
• Adair v. State of Michigan
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2010-07-14· cited 29×
• People v. Freleigh
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1952-09-03· cited 29×