MacArthur v. Presto’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Of a certainty the evidence disclosed by the record contains no showing that the necessity for spirituous liquors with meals [as in the present case] was so urgent and immediate in that community that all reasonable men must agree that it required the service of such liquors at a location across the street from an eating place having such license * * *. All reasonable doubt must be resolved in favor of the licensing authority.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Geer v. Stathopulos

2. ““The showing in the record of the existence of so many licensed restaurants and liquor stores in the vicinity is potent evidence to support the finding that the reasonable requirements of the neighborhood had been met and that the denial of a license was not capricious or arbitrary.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Schooley v. Hamilton

3. “The question now before us is not as to whether there was any evidence to support the decision of the trial court, but rather whether there was any evidence to support the decision of the licensing authority, or whether he acted arbitrarily and capriciously.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Geer v. Stathopulos