Pegram v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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

1. “But, in view of the well-settled rule of the common law that for errors or mistakes a public officer acting judicially or quasi judicially is not liable, it could not have been the purpose of the Legislature to make members of boards of supervisors personally liable for errors or mistakes as to how to act in matters committed to such boards by law, and as to objects for which an appropriation of money is authorized to be made by them.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 456 So. 2d 209 - Cumbest v. State

2. “Manifestly, it is impossible, after we pass the point of corruption, to draw any line other than that laid down by us, namely, liability where the subject-matter of the appropriation is beyond the jurisdiction of the board; nonliability where the object is within the jurisdiction, but there has been a mistaken exercise of legal power. Within this limit, every case must depend upon its own facts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 456 So. 2d 209 - Cumbest v. State

3. “fraudulently or corruptly voting for an unauthorized claim.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 456 So. 2d 209 - Cumbest v. State