Hannett v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““No person shall be qualified to hold the office of justice of the supreme court unless he be at least thirty years old, learned in the law, and shall have been in the actual practice of law and resided in this state or the territory of New Mexico, for at least three years.... ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Elie v. Karst

2. “We will not interpret constitutional language too literally so as to defeat the general principles of government outlined by the instrument, but will give effect to its spirit and intent where it can be clearly ascertained.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Haragan v. Harris

3. “While the rules of statutory construction govern as well the construction of constitutional provisions, we must bear in mind that such principles are merely aids to determining the intent and purpose of the framers.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lynch