In re Cioppa’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In large political subdivisions, the issue becomes out of a multitude of offices it maintains, where do you file, e.g., the Mayor or Council or the Controller. However, in small [or rural] political subdivisions, but by far the most numerous, the issue is not what office but how do you file it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Petition Objecting to the Nominating Petition &/or Papers of Capra · In Re the Nomination Petition of McMonagle

2. “While we agree that there may be circumstances where a Councilmember or a Township Supervisor may receive the forms because of the “practical necessity” of the way the Borough or the Township operates, political culture is not itself sufficient to determine who is the governing authority. Braddock Hills has established a “seat of government,” a borough building with full[-]time employees to serve as the locus of municipal activities. It’s at that location where records are kept, papers are served and documents filed, including statements of financial responsibility.... Because it is necessary for a political subdivision to have order in the manner in which documents are to be filed, unless there is a showing of “practical necessity” for a document to be received otherwise, a Statement of Financial Interest is not filed until received by the Office of the Borough Secretary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Petition Objecting to the Nominating Petition &/or Papers of Capra

3. “‘While we agree there may be circumstances where a council member or township supervisor may receive the forms because of the “practical necessity ” [Emphasis Added] of the way the borough or the township operates, political culture is not sufficient to determined who is the governing authority. Braddoek Hills has an established a seat of government, a borough building with full time employees to serve as a locus of municipal activities, it is at that location where records are kept, papers are served and documents filed, including Statements of Financial Responsibility_ Because it is necessary for political subdivision to have order in the manner in which documents are filed unless there was a showing of “practical necessity” for documents to be received otherwise, a Statement of Finan cial Interest is not filed until received by the office of the Borough Secretary.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Nominating Petition of OlShefski