Weybright v. Klein’s Empirical Analysis
1939
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
September 1970
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People ex rel. Elder v. Sours · Board Sup'rs Carroll Co v. Smith · St. Joseph Township v. Rogers · In Re East Bay Etc. Water Bonds of 1925 · In Re Todd
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Government by majorities does not rest upon the fact that majorities actually express themselves, but upon the necessary presumption that the silent electors approve what the articulate do, otherwise they would protest . . . If the affirmative vote must be a majority of all, negative votes are futile, [for] they are as effective un-cast as cast.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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