In Re Bliss’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 55 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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is clear to us that a net balance or surplus derived from the operation of a municipally owned and operated water plant must be accounted for by the municipal officers in the published financial statement and estimate, and that the excise board, in making the appropriations, shall consider the net balance or surplus therefrom in making the levies. It is clear that the inclusion of. the water plant operations in the current expense fund will give that fund the benefiir of that surplus. If the municipal officers eleet to handle the water plant separate and apart, from the current expense fund and that plant-produces a net surplus or balance, the taxpayers of the municipality are entitled to' have that net surplus or balance considered! in making the levy for current expense or for-the sinking fund to the end that the neeesr sary tax levies may be reduced.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Excise Board v. Reid · In Re Tax Levies of City of Woodward