State v. Finch

How courts have described this case

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

• “Át common law the attorney-general was the chief representative of the sovereign in the courts, and it was his duty to appear for and prosecute in behalf of the crown any matters-criminal as well as civil.”
• “At common law the attorney-general was the chief representative of the sovereign in the courts, and it was his duty to appear for and prosecute in behalf of the crown 32 any matters–criminal as well as civil.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

38 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Public Defender Agency v. Superior Court, Third Judicial District
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-04-09· cited 88×
• Pace v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1978-05-29· cited 74×
• Darling Apartment Co. v. Springer
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1941-10-28· cited 69×
• State Ex Rel. Derryberry v. Kerr-McGee Corporation
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1973-10-30· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Schab
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-31· cited 38×
• Battle v. Anderson
  Tenth Circuit· 1983-05-06· cited 37×
• State v. Pruett
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1973-11-03· cited 36×
• McCandless v. District Court of Polk County
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1953-12-15· cited 36×
• Mills v. Denver Tramway Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1946-05-20· cited 35×
• Westover v. State
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1947-10-06· cited 32×
• State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Reese
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1967-07-24· cited 30×
• State v. Carlson
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-10-15· cited 30×
• Hansen v. Barlow
  Utah Supreme Court· 1969-06-20· cited 27×
• SER Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General v. W. Va. Ofc. of Disciplinary Counsel, etc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-10-15· cited 26×
• State Ex Rel. Foster v. City of Kansas City
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1960-03-05· cited 23×
• Ex Parte Weaver
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1990-10-12· cited 20×
• State v. Christensen
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1948-11-23· cited 18×
• People v. New Penn Mines, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1963-02-05· cited 16×
• State v. Winne
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1952-08-18· cited 14×
• Lyle v. Luna
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1959-05-11· cited 13×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Thurlow v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 1847-03-18· cited 427×
• State v. Durein
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1904-10-08· cited 54×
• Clark v. Allaman
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1905-04-08· cited 52×
• State ex rel. Young v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1907-06-07· cited 51×
• Schwuchow v. City of Chicago
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1873-09-15· cited 50×
• Hunt v. Chicago Horse & Dummy Railway Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1887-09-26· cited 39×
• State v. Bowles
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1905-02-11· cited 38×
• Foley v. Ham
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1917-12-08· cited 37×
• State ex rel. Ford v. Young
  Montana Supreme Court· 1918-02-02· cited 25×
• State ex rel. Nolan v. District Court of First Judicial District
  Montana Supreme Court· 1899-01-16· cited 24×
• State ex rel. Stubbs v. Dawson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1911-12-09· cited 23×
• State v. Chadwell
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1915-02-06· cited 12×
• State v. Rose
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1927-07-09· cited 10×
• Sattig v. Small
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1862-07-15· cited 9×