Rust v. Kitsap County’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Each and every organized county of this state, and each and every county that may hereafter be organized in this state, is hereby authorized and empowered by and through its board of county commissioners to contract indebtedness for general county purposes in any manner when they deem it advisable, not exceeding an amount, together with the existing indebtedness of such county, of one and one-half per centum of the taxable property in such county, to be ascertained by the last assessment for the state and county purposes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.” (Italics ours.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kruesel v. Collin

2. ““. . . Provided, that no part of the indebtedness allowed in this section shall be incurred for any purpose other than strictly county . . . purposes:..."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grant v. Evans