Paschal v. Inman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The business of private weighing is a legitimate vocation and falls within those ordinary occupations of life which the citizen is privileged to follow as an inalienable right, subject only to such restraints and limitations as may be imposed in a valid exercise of the police power of the state. Since the liberty of pursuit as to such a calling is not dependent upon legislative sanction, the authority for its abridgment must rest in some positive and valid legal inhibition.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Martin v. Foy

2. ““The provisions of this article shall also apply to private weighers who are engaged in weighing for the public, as well as to public weighers.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Martin v. Foy