Trimmier v. Carlton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 4 district · 132 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 145 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The general rule is that when a statute is adopted by a specific descriptive reference, the adoption takes the statute as it exists at that time, and the subsequent amendment thereof would not be within the terms of the adopting act.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cameron v. City of Waco · Ex Parte Elliott

2. ““The conclusion of the trial court that the vote of the incorporated town of Ballinger could not he excluded in counting the votes in the district was error. The statute expressly provides that such a municipality could or not be included in the district, and if the vote of the municipality is against its inclusion, then it is to be excluded; and the vote of Ballinger was rightly excluded in this instance. Vernon’s Statutes 1918 Supplement, Art. 5107 — 1, 1922 Supplement, Art. 5107 — 118”. (Emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shaddix v. Kendrick

3. ““This case originated as an election contest, over which the Supreme Court ordinarily would not have jurisdiction. In the course of its progress, however, its form was changed, the election contest feature being eliminated.” (Emphasis supplied.) [ 116 Texas 572 , 296 S.W. 1072 ].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Bennett v. Clarendon Independent School District