People v. Kelsey’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “As a general proposition, local laws and general state laws are not inconsistent when the local law does not prohibit what the state law permits nor allow what the state law forbids____ An exception to this general principle occurs when the legislature specifically and in clear and specific terms permits regulation by local authorities in a field occupied by the state____ The courts have consistently held that where the exten sion of the principle of a state law by means of a local law results in a situation where what would be permissible under the state law becomes a'violation of the local law, the latter law is unauthorized ____ When the state has surveyed the field and set up standards which are proper, these standards may not be made more vigorous or extensive by local authority.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jancyn Manufacturing Corp. v. County of Suffolk