Cunningham v. Broadbent’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “"The County is a subdivision and arm of the State, and the parties were dealing with governmental purposes and objects. Neither the Constitution of Tennessee, nor of the United States, imposes any restraint upon legislation affecting the contractual relations between the State and its political subdivisions, entered into in their governmental capacities and dealing with governmental functions. In such functions the County has no rights which the Legislature may not subsequently modify or abrogate. City of Trenton v. New Jersey, 262 U.S. 182 [ 43 S.Ct., 534 ], 67 L.Ed. 937 , 29 A.L.R. 1471 ; City of Memphis v. Memphis Water Co., 52 Tenn. 495 , 5 Heisk. 495 ; State ex rel. Bell v. Cummings, 130 Tenn. 566 [ 172 S.W., 290 , L.R.A. 1915D, 274 ]; Robertson v. Town of Englewood, 174 Tenn. 92 [ 123 S.W.2d, 1090 ]."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hyden v. Baker