Abbott v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 1974
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. Rhodes · University of Vermont & State Agricultural College v. Ward · Amter v. Flynn · Matter of Amter v. Flynn
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.
“The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed so that the real will of the voters shall not be defeated, and so that the voters shall not be deprived of their right to nominate or participate in the nomination of candidates for office because of informality or failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter as to notice or conduct of the primary, or of certifying the results thereof.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ryshpan v. Cashman
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.