Leeper v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 20 state decisions

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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““monopolies are contrary to the genius of a free State, and shall not be allowed.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Checker Cab Co. v. City of Johnson · Newspaper Printing Corp. v. Galbreath

2. “It is not insisted that the intention or operation of this Act is to confer a pecuniary benefit on the State or school officials or publishers. On the contrary, its evident purpose is to confer a benefit upon the public by providing ways and means by which books may not only be made uniform throughout the State, but also furnished to the public at as small cost as possible. If a privilege thus conferred upon an individual, the object of which is to benefit the State and its citizens, can be termed a monopoly, it is certainly not of that class prohibited by the Constitution, which refers to privileges granted for a money consideration, or which are bestowed upon an individual for his benefit. The monopoly prohibited by the Constitution is a privilege farmed out to the highest bidder, or conferred because of favoritism to the donee, and not one awarded to the lowest bidder and for the convenience and benefit of the public.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Esquinance v. Polk County Education Ass'n