Oberhelman v. Larimer’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. ““That tuition shall be free in all high schools to pupils residing in the county where high schools are located: Provided, . . . that whenever a community is remote from or is not convenient of access to a high school already in operation, and there is not a sufficient number of pupils of high-school advancement in such community to organize and maintain another high school, the board of county commissioners shall upon recommendation of the county superintendent of public instruction, pay the tuition not exceeding two dollars per week or fraction thereof for such pupils of high-school advancement in the most convenient high school to such community, but within the county or in the county adjacent thereto.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burling v. Trembley

2. “The defendants request that, if their motion to quash be denied, they be allowed time in which to answer. This indicates that questions of fact would be presented. This court is not as well equipped to try questions of fact as the district court. The remedy by mandamus in this court is not as complete as the remedy provided by law in matters of this kind.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Schwab v. Klapper

3. ““Tuition shall be free in all such high schools to pupils residing in the county where such schools are located.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burling v. Trembley